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12-letter words containing d, e, n, u, c

  • nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
  • old chestnut — old saying, cliché
  • old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.
  • opendocument — (file format, standard)   (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing. OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable. Compare OOXML.
  • outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
  • outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
  • overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
  • overconsumed — Simple past tense and past participle of overconsume.
  • overdiscount — to discount excessively
  • overdocument — to document excessively
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • pandanaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Pandanaceae, an Old World tropical family of monocotyledonous plants including the screw pines
  • pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
  • pedunculated — having a peduncle.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • ponce around — If you say that someone is poncing around or poncing about, you mean that they are not doing something properly, quickly, or seriously.
  • pre-conclude — to bring to an end; finish; terminate: to conclude a speech with a quotation from the Bible.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preannounced — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • preinduction — occurring before an induction
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
  • pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
  • pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
  • 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.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • puy de sancy — a mountain in S central France: highest peak of the Monts Dore. Height: 1886 m (6188 ft)
  • 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.
  • quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
  • quindecaplet — a group of 15
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
  • 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.
  • reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
  • safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
  • safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
  • sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
  • 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.
  • second-guess — to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
  • secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
  • self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
  • 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.
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
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