12-letter words containing c, o, t, d
- occidentally — In an occidental manner.
- octadecanoic — Of or pertaining to octadecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- old catholic — a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- on the cards — likely
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- opendocument — (file format, standard) (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing. OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable. Compare OOXML.
- opium addict — someone who is addicted to the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy
- optical diff — vdiff
- optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- orthodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention and correction of irregular teeth, as by means of braces.
- orthodromics — the act or art of sailing on a great circle
- 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.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outreproduce — to reproduce more prolifically than
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- over-excited — If you say that someone is over-excited, you mean that they are more excited than you think is desirable.
- overdecorate — To decorate or embellish to an excessive degree.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- packed tower — A packed tower is a tall distillation vessel which uses packing.
- packet radio — (communications, radio) The use of packet switched communications protocols in large networks (i.e not wireless LANs or Bluetooth) having wireless links to terminals at least. Packet radio is split into amateur packet radio (AX25) and General Packet Radio Service (GRPS).
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- palo cortado — a rich, dry sherry
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.