12-letter words containing d, e, t, c, i
- bird-watcher — A bird-watcher is a person whose hobby is watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birth defect — an inherited disease or condition that a baby is born with
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- 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
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- 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
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- center field — the middle area of the outfield
- 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.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- 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
- circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- city edition — an early edition of a daily newspaper on sale locally, usually a later edition than the one sent for out-of-town distribution.
- 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.
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
- coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
- coincidently — in a coincident manner
- collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
- come to mind — be recalled
- commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- commoditised — Simple past tense and past participle of commoditise.
- commoditized — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- communicated — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- complimented — Simple past tense and past participle of compliment.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.