12-letter words containing l, e, a, d, r, c
- charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- cheerleaders — Plural form of cheerleader.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- 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.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- 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.
- 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.
- culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan