12-letter words containing d, i, t, c
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- insecticides — Plural form of insecticide.
- 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.
- intexticated — (of a driver) distracted while writing or reading a text message on a mobile phone
- into decline — If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
- intracardiac — endocardial (def 1).
- intracardial — situated within, or injected into, the heart
- introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- irda control — (standard) (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
- iridectomies — Plural form of iridectomy.
- iridectomize — to perform an iridectomy on.
- iridescently — In an iridescent manner.
- isodiametric — having equal diameters or axes.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- ketoacidosis — (pathology) A severe form of ketosis, most commonly seen in diabetics, in which so much ketone is produced that acidosis occurs.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
- landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- matricentred — Matricentric.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison