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

  • spermatocide — spermicide.
  • split second — a fraction of a second.
  • spotted cavy — paca.
  • spotted dick — a steamed or boiled suet pudding containing dried fruit
  • stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
  • star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • sticky blood — a condition of the blood, particularly associated with Hughes syndrome, in which antibodies tend to adhere to platelets and glue them together, leading to an increased likelihood of clotting
  • stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
  • stock saddle — Western saddle.
  • stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
  • store credit — A store credit is a document offered by a store to a customer who returns an item not eligible for a refund. It can be used to buy other goods at the store.
  • 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.
  • subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
  • subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • 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
  • 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).
  • 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.
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