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12-letter words containing d, e, t, a

  • cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
  • caked breast — a painful hardening of one or more lobules of a lactating breast, caused by stagnation of milk in the secreting ducts and accumulation of blood in the expanded veins; stagnation mastitis.
  • calculatedly — in a calculated manner
  • calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
  • candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
  • candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • captive-bred — bred in captivity
  • carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
  • carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
  • card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
  • card stacker — the part of a card punch or card reader that collects into a pile those cards that have been processed
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
  • carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
  • carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
  • cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
  • cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
  • cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
  • catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
  • cataphracted — covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
  • catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
  • catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.
  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
  • cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
  • cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
  • cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
  • centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • cerotic acid — white insoluble odourless wax
  • certificated — A certificated person has been awarded a certificate to prove that they have achieved a certain level or standard.
  • cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
  • chapter head — printed material appearing before and usually above the text of a chapter, as a title, number, quotation, etc.
  • chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
  • cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
  • cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
  • city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • class method — (programming)   1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • clearsighted — seeing clearly
  • closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
  • closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
  • coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
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