12-letter words containing d, a, c, t
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- antecedental — preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
- antecedently — in an antecedent manner
- anthropodicy — An attempt, or argument attempting, to justify the existence of humanity as good (contrast theodicy).
- anti-radical — opposed to radicalism or radicals.
- antiacademic — opposed to education
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antidiabetic — a drug which acts against diabetes
- antidiuretic — (of a hormone, treatment, etc) acting on the kidneys to control water excretion
- antidogmatic — opposed to dogma
- antiperiodic — efficacious against recurring attacks of a disease
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- apodeictical — Apodeictic.
- appendectomy — the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
- arctic daisy — a daisy, Chrysanthemum arcticum, of arctic regions, having asterlike heads of white or lilac flowers.
- armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
- art director — a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- artiodactyls — Plural form of artiodactyl.
- astrodynamic — Pertaining to astrodynamics.
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- autodidactic — a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
- back-stabbed — to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
- bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
- bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- bad scran to — bad luck to
- bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- beneficiated — to treat (ore) to make more suitable for smelting.
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
- bird watcher — a person who identifies and observes birds in their natural habitat as a recreation.
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- blackhearted — wicked; evil
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- butyric acid — type of acid
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son