12-letter words containing d, e, c, n
- unvaccinated — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- unvindicated — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- up-and-comer — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- upper canada — a former British province in Canada 1791–1840: now the S part of Ontario province.
- uranic oxide — uranium dioxide.
- vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.
- velocipedean — someone who rides a velocipede
- video screen — screen (def 5).
- vindicatress — a female vindicator
- vindictively — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
- waggle dance — a series of patterned movements performed by a scouting bee, communicating to other bees of the colony the direction and distance of a food source or hive site.
- wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- wattenscheid — an industrial town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia east of Essen
- waxed cotton — cotton that is treated with wax to make it waterproof
- wedding cake — tiered cake served at a marriage party
- wedding-cake — highly ornate or overly elaborate: wedding-cake architecture.
- weekend case — a case used to pack things for a weekend trip
- wind machine — a machine used, esp in the theatre, to produce wind or the sound of wind
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- wine-colored — of the color of wine; dark red.
- wonder child — an unusually intelligent or talented child; prodigy; wunderkind.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- wretchedness — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- zantedeschia — (botany) Any of the genus Zantedeschia of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa.
- zeptoseconds — Plural form of zeptosecond.
- zinc sulfide — a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.
- zone defence — a tactic whereby each player in a team defends a particular area of the pitch or field