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12-letter words containing r, e, c, o, d

  • creaturehood — the state of being a creature
  • 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.
  • cross-bedded — having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.
  • cross-border — Cross-border trade occurs between companies in different countries.
  • cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
  • crosschecked — Simple past tense and past participle of crosscheck.
  • crossdresser — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
  • crossed eyes — strabismus, especially the form in which one or both eyes turn inward.
  • crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
  • crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
  • crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
  • crowdsourced — Obtained by crowdsourcing.
  • crowned head — a monarch
  • curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
  • curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
  • curry powder — Curry powder is a powder made from a mixture of spices. It is used in cooking, especially when making curry.
  • custom-order — to obtain by special or individual order: These wide doors have to be custom-ordered.
  • cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
  • 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
  • d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
  • dance on air — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
  • dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
  • dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
  • debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
  • decarbonated — Simple past tense and past participle of decarbonate.
  • 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
  • declarations — Plural form of declaration.
  • declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
  • decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
  • decompressed — Simple past tense and past participle of decompress.
  • decompresses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress.
  • decompressor — a device for lowering motor engine compression
  • deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
  • deconstructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deconstruct.
  • decontrolled — Simple past tense and past participle of decontrol.
  • decoratively — In a decorative manner.
  • decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
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