12-letter words containing l, o, u, d
- 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
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coloquintida — colocynth (defs 1, 2).
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
- colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
- colour model — (graphics) Any system for representing colours as ordered sets of numbers. The most common colour models are RGB, CMYK, and HSB. There are several others, e.g. CMY, and the "Lab" system(?). See also: Pantone.
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- colour-blind — Someone who is colour-blind cannot see the difference between colours, especially between red and green.
- colour-coded — Things that are colour-coded use colours to represent different features or functions.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- come unglued — If something comes unglued, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- commodiously — In a commodious manner.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- conductively — In a conductive manner.
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confoundedly — bewildered; confused; perplexed.
- convolutedly — twisted; coiled.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- counterworld — an alternative world opposite to the virtual world
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- custodialism — of or relating to custody.
- custom-build — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- daily double — a single bet on the winners of two named races in any one day's racing
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dasyphyllous — (of leaves) hairy or woolly
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- de-evolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value