12-letter words containing c, u, d, l, e
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- indulgencing — Present participle of indulgence.
- knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- molluscicide — A substance that kills molluscs.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multicentred — Having multiple centres.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nucleic acid — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- 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.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcoloured — excessively coloured
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pediculicide — Also, pediculicidal. destructive to lice.
- pedunculated — having a peduncle.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.