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12-letter words containing o, c, a, n, d

  • barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
  • beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
  • benzoic acid — a white crystalline solid occurring in many natural resins, used in the manufacture of benzoates, plasticizers, and dyes and as a food preservative (E210). Formula: C6H5COOH
  • beyond reach — inaccessible
  • bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
  • block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
  • body scanner — a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
  • boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
  • bound charge — any electric charge that is bound to an atom or molecule (opposed to free charge).
  • branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
  • broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
  • buoyancy aid — a type of usually foam-filled lifejacket designed for use in sports such as canoeing
  • cacodaemonic — Daemonic.
  • cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
  • campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
  • canada goose — A Canada goose is a grayish-brown wild goose that comes from North America.
  • cancelpoodle — (messaging)   (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
  • candleholder — a candlestick
  • cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
  • canned goods — tinned food produce
  • cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
  • cap and gown — a cap with a flat top ( mortarboard) and a long robe, worn at some academic ceremonies, as commencement, and often used to symbolize the academic life
  • cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
  • capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
  • carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
  • card counter — a casino player who memorizes or records which cards have been played in previous hands in order to calculate the odds on receiving winning cards or combinations from those remaining to be dealt, the practice often being held as illegal.
  • cardan joint — type of universal joint
  • centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
  • change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
  • changearound — the act of changing to a different position
  • chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
  • chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
  • chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
  • chondrostian — relating to the class Chondrostei of fish with fin rays
  • chord change — a movement from one chord to another
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • claude monetClaude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • claudication — limping; lameness
  • clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
  • 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
  • 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.
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
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