12-letter words containing d, e, c, n, t, r
- network card — network interface controller
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nondirective — Not directive.
- notice board — bulletin board for displaying public messages
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- on the cards — likely
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdocument — to document excessively
- panel doctor — a doctor within a given area available for consultation by patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pediatrician — a physician who specializes in pediatrics.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- preconcerted — prearranged; settled in advance
- precondition — something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; condition: a precondition for a promotion.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- presentenced — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- record token — a gift voucher that can be used as payment for records of a specified value
- recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- red crescent — an organization functioning as the Red Cross in Muslim countries.
- redecoration — something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance.
- rededication — the act of dedicating.
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reindictment — an act of indicting.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- retrodiction — the act or result of retrodicting
- rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second-story — of or located on the second story or floor.
- self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.