12-letter words containing d, e, t
- court record — (in the US) a record of court proceedings
- cradle vault — barrel vault.
- 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
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credit check — a check performed by a company selling goods on credit to establish if a potential customer is creditworthy
- credit entry — an accounting entry showing income or capital assets
- credit limit — Your credit limit is the amount of debt that you are allowed, for example, by your credit card company.
- 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
- 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.
- crested iris — a low iris, Iris cristata, of the eastern and central U.S., having faintly fragrant, yellow-crested, lilac-dotted flowers.
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- 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.
- culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- curvicaudate — having a curved tail
- custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- cut-off date — the last date on which it is possible to do something
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- cutting edge — If you are at the cutting edge of a particular field of activity, you are involved in its most important or most exciting developments.
- cyclandelate — a medicine for relaxing smooth muscle and encouraging blood cell dilation
- 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
- 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.
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dairy cattle — cows raised mainly for their milk
- 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.
- damask steel — Damascus steel
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- daredeviltry — reckless daring; venturesome boldness.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dark lantern — a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
- data capture — any process for converting information into a form that can be handled by a computer
- data carrier — any medium, such as magnetic tape, on which data can be recorded
- data channel — (communications) A channel (on a BRI or PRI line) used to carry control information, to set up connections on the associated bearer channels. The name wasn't too bad back when users were sending voice (not data) over the bearer channels, but in 1997 it's quite a misnomer.
- data exhaust — unstructured information or data that is a by-product of the online activities of Internet users: Collecting and analyzing data exhaust can provide valuable insight into the purchasing habits of consumers.
- data general — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Responsible for the Nova minicomputer. Quarterly sales $284M, profits -$12M (Aug 1994).
- data segment — (memory) The range of memory locations where the initialised data of a program produced by a Unix linker is located. Executable code is located in the code segment and uninitialised data in the bss segment.
- date squares — a sweet made of a date filling on an oatmeal base with a crumble topping, cut into squares
- daughtercard — daughterboard