12-letter words containing d, e, i, c, s
- misconceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misconceive.
- misconducted — Simple past tense and past participle of misconduct.
- misconnected — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdirecting — Present participle of misdirect.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- misericordia — (legal, obsolete) An amercement.
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misspecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- molluscicide — A substance that kills molluscs.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mucopeptides — Plural form of mucopeptide.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- necessitated — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- non-decision — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- non-domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- octapeptides — Plural form of octapeptide.
- omnidistance — the distance between an omnirange station and a receiver.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- parascending — parasailing
- parasiticide — an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.
- peccadilloes — a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.
- pericarditis — inflammation of the pericardium.
- period costs — Period costs are general costs that cannot be associated with a particular product, such as utilities or insurance.
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine
- picture disc — a phonograph record with a picture on the vinyl.
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- pocket-sized — If you describe something as pocket-sized, you approve of it because it is small enough to fit in your pocket.
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- prediscourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.