12-letter words containing d, a, c
- carrick bend — type of knot
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryforward — carry-over.
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- cash in hand — a payment made directly in cash, rather than through a bank
- cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
- cat standard — (in Britain) a standard accepted voluntarily by building societies relating to charges, access, etc, against which Individual Savings Accounts can be judged
- cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
- catadioptric — involving a combination of reflecting and refracting components
- catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
- cataphracted — covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- catch a cold — to make a loss; lose one's investment
- catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
- cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
- cathodograph — a picture taken using cathode rays
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- caustic soda — Caustic soda is a powerful chemical substance used to make strong soaps and clean drains.
- cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
- cerinic acid — cerotic acid.
- cerotic acid — white insoluble odourless wax
- certificated — A certificated person has been awarded a certificate to prove that they have achieved a certain level or standard.
- cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
- chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
- chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- chandannagar — port in NE India, near Kolkata: formerly a French dependency, it became part of the republic of India in 1950: pop. 120,000
- chandeliered — having a chandelier
- chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
- change hands — to pass from one owner to another
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- chapter head — printed material appearing before and usually above the text of a chapter, as a title, number, quotation, etc.
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.