12-letter words containing d, e, t, o, r
- control code — (character) A character code for a control character, normally including the values 0..31 or 127, inherited from ASCII, possibly extended to include other characters by the operating system or application program.
- controverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- corespondent — a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought
- correctitude — the quality of correctness, esp conscious correctness in behaviour
- corroborated — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- counter word — any word freely used as a general term of approval or disapproval without reference to its more exact meaning, as nice, terrible, lousy, terrific
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counter-word — a word, often of short-lived popularity, widely used as an almost meaningless, automatic response.
- counteracted — Simple past tense and past participle of counteract.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- countermined — Simple past tense and past participle of countermine.
- countermoved — Simple past tense and past participle of countermove.
- counterorder — An order (command) made in opposition to a previous one.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- countertrade — international trade in which payment is made in goods rather than currency
- 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
- court record — (in the US) a record of court proceedings
- 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)
- creaturehood — the state of being a creature
- 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 union — A credit union is a financial institution that offers its members low-interest loans.
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- dead storage — the storage of furniture, files, or other unused or seldom used items in a warehouse or other location for an indefinite period of time.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
- decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
- decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- 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.