12-letter words containing d, o, a, t, e
- appropriated — suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress.
- approximated — near or approaching a certain state, condition, goal, or standard.
- arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
- armor-plated — An armor-plated vehicle or building has a hard metal covering in order to protect it from gunfire and other missiles.
- art director — a person responsible for the sets and costumes in a film
- artiodactyle — (zoology) One of the Artiodactyla, a group of ungulates.
- assortedness — the position of being sorted, grouped or harmonized with, well or badly, or provided with a good or bad assortment or mixture
- auctioneered — Simple past tense and past participle of auctioneer.
- audio system — integrated equipment for producing amplified sound, as in a hi-fi or a mobile disco, or as a public-address system on stage
- autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
- autodiallers — Plural form of autodialler.
- back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
- baked potato — a large potato baked in its skin
- bandoneonist — One who plays the bandoneon.
- bank deposit — money placed in a bank account
- basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
- batter board — (at a building site) one of a number of boards set horizontally to support strings for outlining the foundation plan of a building.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- bloodstained — Someone or something that is bloodstained is covered with blood.
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- boobytrapped — to set with or as if with a booby trap; attach a booby trap to or in.
- border state — a state adjacent to a border
- border taxes — taxes payable on goods taken across a border
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
- cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- cerotic acid — white insoluble odourless wax
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing