12-letter words containing d, r, a, n, t
- barbados nut — an ornamental, tropical American tree, Jatropha curcas, of the spurge family, having ivylike leaves, small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers, and olive-shaped fruit yielding a purgative, poisonous oil.
- bastard wing — a tuft of feathers attached to the first digit of a bird, distinct from the wing feathers attached to the other digits and the ulna
- bastardizing — Present participle of bastardize.
- battleground — A battleground is the same as a battlefield.
- beardtongues — Plural form of beardtongue.
- binary digit — either of the two digits 0 or 1, used in binary notation
- boarding out — the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for it
- bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
- bond servant — a person who serves in bondage; slave.
- 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.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
- calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
- 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.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- 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.
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- cat standard — (in Britain) a standard accepted voluntarily by building societies relating to charges, access, etc, against which Individual Savings Accounts can be judged
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
- 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
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- concamerated — Simple past tense and past participle of concamerate.
- concentrated — A concentrated liquid has been increased in strength by having water removed from it.
- concertinaed — a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- concordantly — agreeing; harmonious.
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- confederated — Simple past tense and past participle of confederate.
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- conquistador — The conquistadors were the sixteenth-century Spanish conquerors of Central and South America.
- considerated — Simple past tense and past participle of considerate.
- consolidator — a person or thing that consolidates