12-letter words containing d, e, n, r, o, c
- countertrend — a trend which is contrary to the established or perceived trend
- counterworld — an alternative world opposite to the virtual world
- country code — a code of good practice recommended to those who use the countryside for recreational purposes
- country-bred — brought up in the country
- cover ground — to move or traverse a certain distance
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- credit union — A credit union is a financial institution that offers its members low-interest loans.
- crescendoing — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crowned head — a monarch
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- dance on air — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decontrolled — Simple past tense and past participle of decontrol.
- decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decrescendos — Plural form of decrescendo.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- demiromantic — Lb neologism Romantically attracted to people only after forming deep emotional bonds.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- deracination — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- derecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of derecognize.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- deuteronomic — of, relating to, or resembling Deuteronomy, especially the laws contained in that book.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dilaceration — the act of dilacerating.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.