12-letter words containing c, o, d
- studio couch — an upholstered couch, usually without a back, convertible into a double bed by sliding a bed frame out from beneath it and covering the frame with the mattress that forms the upper thickness of the upholstery.
- 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.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- succedaneous — a substitute.
- suction disc — a device for attaching to a non-porous surface by means of suction
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- 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.
- sursum corda — the words “Lift up your hearts,” addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the congregation just before the preface.
- sweep-second — (on a timepiece) a second hand that is a sweep hand.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- 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 occident — the Occident. the West; the countries of Europe and America. Western Hemisphere.
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
- thionic acid — any of the five acids of sulfur of the type H 2 S n O 6 , where n is from two to six.
- 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.
- tobacco road — a squalid and impoverished rural community.
- tonnage deck — the upper deck in a vessel with only two decks.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- 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.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- 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.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco