12-letter words containing d, u, c
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- head lettuce — any variety of the lettuce subspecies Lactuca sativa capitata, having leaves that grow in a dense rosette, especially iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce.
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- inadequacies — Plural form of inadequacy.
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
- inconcluding — (obsolete) Inferring no consequence.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- inducibility — the quality or condition of being inducible
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- indulgencing — Present participle of indulgence.
- inexactitude — the quality or state of being inexact or inaccurate; inexactness.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- injudicially — in an unlawful manner
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- ionic liquid — An ionic liquid is a liquid which contains ions.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- juan de fuca — a strait between Vancouver Island and NW Washington. 100 miles (160 km) long; 15–20 miles (24–32 km) wide.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- mass-produce — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.