12-letter words containing o, c, i, d, e
- credit score — A borrower's credit score is a number calculated by a credit bureau to express how likely they are to be able to pay back their loans.
- credit union — A credit union is a financial institution that offers its members low-interest loans.
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- crescendoing — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- cri de coeur — a cry from the heart; heartfelt or sincere appeal
- crisscrossed — crossed over each other
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- dance on air — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- de-accession — to remove (an item) from a museum or library collection preparatory to selling it
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- dealcoholize — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
- deallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- decalcomania — the art or process of transferring a design from prepared paper onto another surface, such as china, glass, or paper
- decalcomanie — (dated) decalcomania.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- decarbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonize.
- decarbonizer — One who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
- decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- decentration — The removal of something from a centre.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- deck officer — a ship's officer who is part of the deck crew
- declamations — Plural form of declamation.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declensional — of declension
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- decocainized — From which all cocaine has been removed.
- decolonizing — Present participle of decolonize.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- decommission — When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
- decommunized — Simple past tense and past participle of decommunize.
- deconflicted — Simple past tense and past participle of deconflict.
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decorticated — Having had the outer covering removed.
- decorticator — A machine that peels off the fibrous husk, bark or outer layer of some vegetable product; used in the manufacture of animal feed etc.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- decumulation — a decrease in amount or value
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication