12-letter words containing d, i, r, t
- blood sister — a sister by birth
- bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
- bloody shirt — something, as a political issue or historical event, that can be used to stir up outrage, partisan support, etc.
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- boiled shirt — a dress shirt with a stiff front
- border light — a striplight hung upstage of a border, for lighting the stage.
- born-digital — relating to or noting documents, images, etc., that are created and managed in electronic form: electronic preservation of born-digital content; a born-digital e-book that will not be available in print.
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- breast drill — a geared drill that can be braced against the chest for additional leverage.
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- bridge table — a square card table with folding legs.
- bridle joint — a heading joint in which the end of one member, notched to form two parallel tenons, is fitted into two gains cut into the edges of a second member.
- bright-field — of or relating to the illuminated region about the object of a microscope.
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- butyric acid — type of acid
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- catadioptric — involving a combination of reflecting and refracting components
- 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.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- choroid coat — a pigmented, highly vascular membrane of the eye that is continuous with the iris and lies between the sclera and the retina, functioning to nourish the retina and absorb scattered light.
- 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 dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- 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
- co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.