12-letter words containing d, e, n, r, a, c
- 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.
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- propanedioic — malonic.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- quinacridone — Any of a group of synthetic organic compounds whose molecules contain three benzene and two pyridine rings arranged alternately. They include a number of red to violet pigments.
- radar beacon — a radar device at a fixed location that, on receiving a radar signal, automatically transmits a particular radar signal in reply, identifying itself and enabling navigators of ships and aircraft to determine their distance and direction from it.
- radar screen — a screen on equipment used in radar, a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object
- radio beacon — a radio station that sends a characteristic signal so as to enable ships or airplanes to determine their position or bearing by means of a radio compass.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- re-landscape — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
- roman candle — a firework consisting of a tube that sends out a shower of sparks and a succession of balls of fire.
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- square dance — hoedown, barn dance
- square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- transcendent — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).