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

  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • 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.
  • marsh orchid — any of various orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza, growing in damp places and having mostly purplish flowers
  • method actor — actor who follows the Method
  • methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • 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.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • 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.
  • poland china — one of an American breed of black hogs having white markings.
  • procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
  • quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
  • quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
  • ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
  • richard korf — (person)   A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
  • scratchboard — a cardboard coated with impermeable white clay and covered by a layer of ink that is scratched or scraped in patterns revealing the white surface below.
  • 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
  • section hand — a person who works on a section gang.
  • shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
  • 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.
  • smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
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