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12-letter words containing c, o, d, e, r

  • sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
  • stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
  • stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • store credit — A store credit is a document offered by a store to a customer who returns an item not eligible for a refund. It can be used to buy other goods at the store.
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
  • superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
  • surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
  • 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 in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
  • the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
  • third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
  • tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
  • track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
  • tractor feed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
  • tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
  • tree-covered — covered by or having many trees
  • trial docket — docket (def 1).
  • trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • tuberculosed — tuberculous
  • tuckered out — exhausted
  • turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
  • turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
  • turned comma — quotation mark.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
  • uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
  • unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
  • uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
  • uncontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
  • uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
  • undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • under escort — with armed accompaniment
  • underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
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