12-letter words containing c, h, e, d, a, r
- merchandizer — Alternative spelling of merchandiser.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- 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
- on the cards — likely
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- 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.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- sacred heart — the physical heart of Jesus, to which special devotion is offered as a symbol of His love and redemptive sacrifice.
- scheherazade — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- search order — an injunction allowing a person to enter the premises of another to search for and take copies of evidence required for a court case, used esp in cases of infringement of copyright
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unencroached — to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.