12-letter words containing c, o, d, e, t, r
- do the trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- doctrinaires — Plural form of doctrinaire.
- dominatrices — Plural form of dominatrixThe 'Concise Oxford English Dictionary' [Eleventh Edition].
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- eden project — an environmental complex containing the world's largest greenhouse, built in a disused clay pit near St Austell, Cornwall, to study plant populations in a variety of environments
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- 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.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- ex-directory — phone number: not listed publicly
- expectorated — Simple past tense and past participle of expectorate.
- 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
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- 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.
- 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.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- 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.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- horse-doctor — an informal word for a vet who specializes in treating horses
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid