12-letter words containing e, l, c, t, d, o
- double hitch — a Blackwall hitch with an extra upper loop passed around the hook.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- double truck — Typesetting. a chase for holding the type for a center spread, especially for a newspaper.
- ductile iron — any of various cast irons strengthened by having the graphite content in the form of nodules rather than flakes, and containing cerium or magnesium as well as other additives.
- dulcet tones — People often use the expression dulcet tones to refer to someone's voice.
- duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- edulcoration — (rare) A sweetening.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electrosonde — a sonde that measures the electric potential in the atmosphere
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- indoleacetic — as in indoleacetic acid, a naturally-occurring plant growth hormone
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- into decline — If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- non-selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- nonidentical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside