12-letter words containing c, r, e, d
- frederick iv — Frederick III (def 1).
- frederick ix — (Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg) 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72.
- free radical — an atom or molecule that bears an unpaired electron and is extremely reactive, capable of engaging in rapid chain reactions that destabilize other molecules and generate many more free radicals: in the body, deactivated by antioxidants, uric acid, and certain enzyme activities.
- french bread — a yeast-raised bread made of dough containing water and distinguished by its thick, well-browned crust, usually made in long, slender, tapered loaves. Compare baguette (def 3).
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
- french india — the five small former French territories in India, including Chandernagor, Karikal, Pondicherry, and Yanaon on the E coast, and Mahé on the W coast.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- gandy dancer — a member of a railroad section gang that lays or maintains track.
- garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
- garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- go on record — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- go-go dancer — an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- head teacher — A head teacher is a teacher who is in charge of a school.
- headkerchief — A kerchief worn on the head.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view