12-letter words containing c, o, d, e, r
- enchiridions — Plural form of enchiridion.
- end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
- endocarditic — Having or relating to endocarditis.
- endocarditis — Inflammation of the endocardium.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- ex-directory — phone number: not listed publicly
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- farm produce — agricultural products regarded collectively
- ferric oxide — a dark-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring naturally, as hematite and rust, or synthesized: used chiefly as a pigment, as a mordant, as a coating for magnetic recording tape, and in the manufacture of polishing compounds.
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- go on record — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- go-go dancer — an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.