12-letter words containing d, o, r, e, c
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- spermatocide — spermicide.
- star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
- stock record — a record kept of the amount, type, etc., of raw materials and supplies on hand, as in a manufacturing plant.
- stockbreeder — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- store credit — A store credit is a document offered by a store to a customer who returns an item not eligible for a refund. It can be used to buy other goods at the store.
- sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- track record — a record of achievements or performance: an executive with a good track record.
- tractor feed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- tree-covered — covered by or having many trees
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- under escort — with armed accompaniment
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.