12-letter words containing c, r, e, d, o
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- micro-credit — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- microprinted — printed in microprint
- microreaders — Plural form of microreader.
- microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
- minirecorder — a small tape recorder, using minicassettes.
- mis director — Chief Information Officer
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- modern dance — a form of contemporary theatrical and concert dance employing a special technique for developing the use of the entire body in movements expressive of abstract ideas.
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.
- mond process — a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- network card — network interface controller
- nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
- non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- nonadherence — the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment: adherence to a party; rigid adherence to rules.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nondirective — Not directive.
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- normed space — any vector space on which a norm is defined.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obcompressed — compressed or flattened in a way opposite to the usual, as back to front instead of side to side.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- on the cards — likely
- once removed — relative: one generation older
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- 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.
- 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.