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12-letter words containing d, r

  • city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
  • cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
  • cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
  • clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • class a drug — (in Britain) any of the most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and MDMA
  • class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
  • class c drug — (in Britain) any of the least dangerous group of controlled drugs, including temazepam and cannabis
  • clear as mud — not at all clear
  • clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
  • clearsighted — seeing clearly
  • clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
  • clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
  • close-reefed — having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.
  • closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
  • closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
  • cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
  • co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
  • co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
  • coach driver — a person who drives a coach
  • coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
  • coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
  • code grinder — (jargon, abuse)   A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real World to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute force and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper. Contrast real programmer.
  • code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
  • codiscoverer — a fellow discoverer
  • cold comfort — If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant.
  • cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
  • cold warrior — a person who engages in or promotes a cold war
  • cold working — Cold working is a process in which metal is shaped at a fairly low temperature. This increases the metal's yield strength but makes it less ductile.
  • cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
  • cold-pressed — (of an unrefined oil such as olive oil) produced by pressing the parent seed, nut, or grain at the lowest possible temperature without any further pressing
  • collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
  • colour depth — bits per pixel
  • colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
  • colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
  • colour model — (graphics)   Any system for representing colours as ordered sets of numbers. The most common colour models are RGB, CMYK, and HSB. There are several others, e.g. CMY, and the "Lab" system(?). See also: Pantone.
  • colour slide — a colour transparency
  • colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
  • colour-coded — Things that are colour-coded use colours to represent different features or functions.
  • column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
  • columnarized — columnar (def 3).
  • combat-ready — ready for combat
  • comber board — (in weaving) a wooden frame pierced with a series of small holes through which the harness cords are threaded, used to regulate the cords and determine the texture and width of a repeat in a fabric.
  • come forward — If someone comes forward, they offer to do something or to give some information in response to a request for help.
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