12-letter words containing i, c, e, d
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childishness — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- chipped beef — dried or smoked beef sliced into shavings, often served in a cream sauce
- chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- ciment fondu — a type of quick-hardening refractory cement having a high alumina content
- cinchonidine — an alkaloid that is a stereoisomer of cinchonine, with similar properties and uses
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- 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
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
- circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
- circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- city edition — an early edition of a daily newspaper on sale locally, usually a later edition than the one sent for out-of-town distribution.
- ciudad ojeda — a city in NW Venezuela, on Lake Maracaibo.
- civic-minded — having, showing, or actively carrying out one's concern for the condition and affairs of one's community; public-spirited
- civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cleidoic egg — egg of birds and insects
- clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
- cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- close-lipped — not talking or revealing much
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- coach driver — a person who drives a coach