12-letter words containing r, o, d
- court record — (in the US) a record of court proceedings
- cover ground — to move or traverse a certain distance
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
- 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
- crocodilians — Plural form of crocodilian.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross swords — to argue or fight
- 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-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- 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.
- crowdfunding — Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each give an amount of money to pay for a project, especially by using a website to collect the money.
- crowdsourced — Obtained by crowdsourcing.
- crowned head — a monarch
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- 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.
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- 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
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- d'anjou pear — Anjou pear
- d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- dance on air — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.