12-letter words containing d, i, r, e, c, t
- ex-directory — phone number: not listed publicly
- extracardiac — (anatomy) Outside the heart.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- field centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- hitch a ride — hitchhike
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperexcited — Very highly excited.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
- incoordinate — not coordinate; not coordinated.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- increditable — (rare) Incapable of being believed; not creditable.
- incriminated — Simple past tense and past participle of incriminate.
- indirect tax — a tax levied indirectly, as one levied on commodities before they reach the consumer but ultimately paid by the consumer as part of the market price.
- indirections — Plural form of indirection.
- indirectness — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- indiscreetly — not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection: an indiscreet remark.
- indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- indoctrinate — to instruct in a doctrine, principle, ideology, etc., especially to imbue with a specific partisan or biased belief or point of view.
- indricothere — a long-necked, long-legged, fossil mammal, Indricotherium transouralicum, related to the rhinoceros and existing 10 to 30 million years ago, possibly the largest and heaviest land mammal.
- inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
- intercalated — to interpolate; interpose.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- intercropped — Simple past tense and past participle of intercrop.
- intercrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of intercross.
- interdicting — Present participle of interdict.
- interdiction — an act or instance of interdicting.
- interdictive — Having the power to prohibit.
- interdictory — of, relating to, or noting interdiction.
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.