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12-letter words containing c, e, l, a, d

  • procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
  • procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
  • pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
  • pseudoscalar — a scalar quantity that changes sign when the sense of the orientation of the coordinate system is changed.
  • quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
  • quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
  • radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • ravioli code — (jargon, humour)   Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
  • re-landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
  • recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  • reclassified — to classify anew.
  • record label — recorded music production company
  • revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
  • sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
  • saddle block — a type of spinal anaesthesia producing sensory loss in the buttocks, inner sides of the thighs, and perineum
  • salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • scabbardless — lacking a scabbard or a sheath for a sword or dagger
  • scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
  • scout leader — the leader of a troop of Scouts
  • scrap dealer — a person who deals in scrap
  • second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
  • seed capital — small sum invested in new business
  • seed capsule — the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds; pericarp
  • selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
  • sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
  • slide-action — (of a rifle or shotgun) having a lever that when slid back and forth ejects the empty case and cocks and reloads the piece.
  • social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
  • stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
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