12-letter words containing l, a, c, e, d
- 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-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- colonialised — to make colonial.
- colonialized — to make colonial.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- command line — typed instructions that access a computer system
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confidential — Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- consolidated — consolidated (def 2).
- consolidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consolidate.
- constellated — Simple past tense and past participle of constellate.
- contemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cradle vault — barrel vault.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- cuddle class — a category of airline ticket in which two passengers purchase an additional seat so that they may recline together along a row of three seats
- culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- cyclandelate — a medicine for relaxing smooth muscle and encouraging blood cell dilation
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- dairy cattle — cows raised mainly for their milk
- daniell cell — a type of cell having a zinc anode in dilute sulphuric acid separated by a porous barrier from a copper cathode in copper sulphate solution. It has an emf of 1.1 volts
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- data channel — (communications) A channel (on a BRI or PRI line) used to carry control information, to set up connections on the associated bearer channels. The name wasn't too bad back when users were sending voice (not data) over the bearer channels, but in 1997 it's quite a misnomer.
- dealcoholize — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
- deallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- dearticulate — to disjoint, dislocate, or separate (something)
- decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
- decalcomania — the art or process of transferring a design from prepared paper onto another surface, such as china, glass, or paper