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

  • isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
  • jordan curve — simple closed curve.
  • judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
  • kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
  • ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
  • ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
  • kingdom come — the next world; the hereafter; heaven.
  • knocked down — hit and felled: by a vehicle, etc.
  • knocked-down — composed of parts or units that can be disassembled: knocked-down furniture.
  • knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
  • ladder logic — (programming)   Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
  • leader block — Nautical. lead block.
  • lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
  • light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
  • lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
  • loco disease — locoism.
  • logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
  • longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
  • lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
  • machicolated — Having machicolations.
  • machine code — (language)   The representation of a computer program that is read and interpreted by the computer hardware (rather than by some other machine code program). A program in machine code consists of a sequence of "instructions" (possibly interspersed with data). An instruction is a binary string, (often written as one or more octal, decimal or hexadecimal numbers). Instructions may be all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern RISC microprocessors) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first word (e.g. Motorola 68000) or byte (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "instruction set". Each instruction typically causes the Central Processing Unit to perform some fairly simple operation like loading a value from memory into a register or adding the numbers in two registers. An instruction consists of an op code and zero or more operands. Different processors have different instruction sets - the collection of possible operations they can perform. Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from main memory, decoding it (determining which action the operation code specifies and the location of any arguments) and executing it by opening various gates (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use programming languages. The simplest kind of programming language is assembly language which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of mnemonics (ASCII strings) for the "op codes" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. Other languages are either translated by a compiler into machine code or executed by an interpreter
  • 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.
  • malcontented — Malcontent.
  • maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
  • managed code — (operating system)   Code that is executed by the .NET common language runtime (CLR). VB.NET code is always managed code but C++ .NET can optionally use unmanaged code. Managed code provides metadata allowing the CLR to manage security (role-based as well as new approaches to code access security). The CLR also handles errors, manages the program stack and finds methods in assembly modules. Managed data is memory that's subject to garbage collection. There are additional restrictions to permit interoperability of different languages, for example, Visual Basic arrays must be zero-based.
  • mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
  • medicine box — a small box used to hold medicines
  • medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
  • mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
  • megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
  • melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
  • mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
  • method actor — actor who follows the Method
  • methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
  • micro-credit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
  • microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
  • microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
  • micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
  • microprinted — printed in microprint
  • microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
  • microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
  • midcontinent — In or near the middle of a continent.
  • middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
  • middle voice — the voice or form used when the subject of a verb performs an action on itself (often the reflexive form)
  • milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
  • minirecorder — a small tape recorder, using minicassettes.
  • mis director — Chief Information Officer
  • misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
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