12-letter words containing d, e, s, c, r
- credibleness — The state or quality of being credible.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- credit score — A borrower's credit score is a number calculated by a credit bureau to express how likely they are to be able to pay back their loans.
- credit terms — the terms and conditions under which an institution extends credit to a person
- 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.
- crested iris — a low iris, Iris cristata, of the eastern and central U.S., having faintly fragrant, yellow-crested, lilac-dotted flowers.
- crisscrossed — crossed over each other
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross-bedded — having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.
- cross-border — Cross-border trade occurs between companies in different countries.
- cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
- crosschecked — Simple past tense and past participle of crosscheck.
- crossdresser — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- crossed eyes — strabismus, especially the form in which one or both eyes turn inward.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crowdsourced — Obtained by crowdsourcing.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debt service — the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decompressed — Simple past tense and past participle of decompress.
- decompresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress.
- decompressor — a device for lowering motor engine compression
- deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
- deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
- decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrescendos — Plural form of decrescendo.