12-letter words containing c, o, d
- cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
- chequerboard — Alternative spelling of checkerboard.
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- child record — (database) A record lower in the hierarchical tree than a parent record; it is also directly liked to the parent and hierarchical databases.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
- chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
- chloric acid — a strong acid with a pungent smell, known only in solution and in the form of chlorate salts. Formula: HClO3
- chloroformed — Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- chondrophore — a medusoid hydrozoan that resembles a jellyfish
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- chord change — a movement from one chord to another
- chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
- chordophones — Plural form of chordophone.
- chordophonic — of or relating to a chordophone
- choroid coat — a pigmented, highly vascular membrane of the eye that is continuous with the iris and lies between the sclera and the retina, functioning to nourish the retina and absorb scattered light.
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- chowderheads — Plural form of chowderhead.
- chromic acid — an unstable dibasic oxidizing acid known only in solution and in the form of chromate salts. Formula: H2CrO4
- chromidrosis — the secretion of pigmented sweat.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- cinchonidine — an alkaloid that is a stereoisomer of cinchonine, with similar properties and uses
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- city edition — an early edition of a daily newspaper on sale locally, usually a later edition than the one sent for out-of-town distribution.
- ciudad ojeda — a city in NW Venezuela, on Lake Maracaibo.
- cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clam chowder — chowder containing clams
- clap hold of — to grasp suddenly or forcibly
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- cleidoic egg — egg of birds and insects
- clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.