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

  • ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
  • maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
  • mediocrities — the state or quality of being mediocre.
  • mis director — Chief Information Officer
  • misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
  • misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
  • misconnected — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
  • misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
  • misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
  • miseducation — to educate improperly.
  • moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
  • mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
  • non-domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
  • non-selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
  • nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
  • noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
  • nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
  • octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
  • old chestnut — old saying, cliché
  • omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
  • on the cards — likely
  • orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
  • orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
  • outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
  • outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
  • overdiscount — to discount excessively
  • overscutched — overworked; worn out
  • paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
  • period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
  • periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
  • pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
  • postaccident — occurring after an accident
  • postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
  • postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • proboscidate — having a proboscis.
  • process data — data processing
  • promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
  • pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
  • re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
  • record store — an outlet that sells recorded music
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • rust-colored — of the color rust.
  • sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
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