12-letter words containing d, r
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- 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.
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carriage dog — Dalmatian (sense 4)
- carrick bend — type of knot
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryforward — carry-over.
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
- cat standard — (in Britain) a standard accepted voluntarily by building societies relating to charges, access, etc, against which Individual Savings Accounts can be judged
- cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
- catadioptric — involving a combination of reflecting and refracting components
- cataphracted — covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
- 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
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- cathodograph — a picture taken using cathode rays
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
- cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- center field — the middle area of the outfield
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centeredness — The state of being centered.
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- cerebrosides — Plural form of cerebroside.
- cerinic acid — cerotic acid.
- 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.
- chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
- chandannagar — port in NE India, near Kolkata: formerly a French dependency, it became part of the republic of India in 1950: pop. 120,000
- chandeliered — having a chandelier
- chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- chapter head — printed material appearing before and usually above the text of a chapter, as a title, number, quotation, etc.
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.