12-letter words containing d, a, c, t
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- intexticated — (of a driver) distracted while writing or reading a text message on a mobile phone
- intracardiac — endocardial (def 1).
- intracardial — situated within, or injected into, the heart
- irda control — (standard) (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- jack-the-lad — a young man who is regarded as a brash, loud show-off
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- ladder track — a railroad track linking a series of parallel tracks.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
- latch needle — a part of a knitting machine consisting of a thin shaft with a hook on one end and a pivoting latch that closes over the hook so that yarn can be drawn through the developing knitting to make a stitch.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- lead acetate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles and as a drier in paints and varnishes.
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- leeds castle — a castle near Maidstone in Kent: the home of several medieval queens of England
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- loyalty card — customer incentive scheme
- machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- macrodactyly — a condition of abnormally large fingers or toes
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- matricentred — Matricentric.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medicine hat — a city in SE Alberta, in SW Canada.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- meter-candle — lux. Abbreviation: mc.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- mid-atlantic — using, manifesting, or characterized by a mixture of American and British behavior or speech.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misandristic — Exhibiting misandry; man-hating.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- monodramatic — Relating to a monodrama.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.