12-letter words containing s, a, c, d
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- epidiascopes — Plural form of epidiascope.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- equidistance — (uncountable) Equal distance.
- eradications — Plural form of eradication.
- erciyas daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- erciyes daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- excandescent — Glowing with heat.
- fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- food fascist — a person who shows extreme, intolerant views in relation to food
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- fusidic acid — an antibiotic substance used to treat skin infections
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- gapped scale — a scale, such as a pentatonic scale, containing fewer than seven notes
- garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- hadley chest — a style of chest made c1700 in Massachusetts or Connecticut, having front rails and panels carved in low relief with elaborate tulip and leaf patterns.
- halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- hardscrabble — providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding: the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.