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12-letter words containing c, h, a, d

  • lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
  • latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
  • latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
  • lead a chase — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
  • machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
  • machicolated — Having machicolations.
  • machine code — (language)   The representation of a computer program that is read and interpreted by the computer hardware (rather than by some other machine code program). A program in machine code consists of a sequence of "instructions" (possibly interspersed with data). An instruction is a binary string, (often written as one or more octal, decimal or hexadecimal numbers). Instructions may be all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern RISC microprocessors) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first word (e.g. Motorola 68000) or byte (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "instruction set". Each instruction typically causes the Central Processing Unit to perform some fairly simple operation like loading a value from memory into a register or adding the numbers in two registers. An instruction consists of an op code and zero or more operands. Different processors have different instruction sets - the collection of possible operations they can perform. Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from main memory, decoding it (determining which action the operation code specifies and the location of any arguments) and executing it by opening various gates (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use programming languages. The simplest kind of programming language is assembly language which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of mnemonics (ASCII strings) for the "op codes" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. Other languages are either translated by a compiler into machine code or executed by an interpreter
  • machine head — a metal peg-and-gear mechanism for tuning a string on an instrument such as a guitar
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-made — made or constructed by machine
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
  • marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
  • medicine hat — a city in SE Alberta, in SW Canada.
  • merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • merchandized — Simple past tense and past participle of merchandize.
  • merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
  • method actor — actor who follows the Method
  • methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
  • moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
  • needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge
  • netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
  • night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
  • nonadherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
  • octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
  • old catholic — a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
  • on the cadge — engaged in cadging
  • on the cards — likely
  • onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
  • orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
  • orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
  • orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
  • orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
  • ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
  • orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
  • overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
  • phosphatidic — of or relating to a phosphatide
  • photocathode — a cathode, typically of a cesium or sodium compound, having the property of emitting electrons when activated by light or other radiation.
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