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12-letter words containing s, c, r, e

  • cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
  • cycle server — (jargon)   A powerful computer that exists primarily for running large batch jobs. The term implies that interactive tasks such as editing are done on other machines on the network, such as workstations.
  • cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
  • cylinder saw — crown saw.
  • cyma reversa — a cyma whose convex part projects beyond the concave part.
  • cypress knee — one of the woody growths that project above water from the roots of the bald cypress.
  • cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
  • cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
  • cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
  • d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
  • daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
  • daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
  • 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)
  • debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
  • debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
  • debt service — the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.
  • decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
  • decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
  • decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
  • decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
  • decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
  • decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
  • deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
  • declarations — Plural form of declaration.
  • declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
  • 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.
  • decorousness — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
  • decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
  • decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
  • decrescendos — Plural form of decrescendo.
  • decrustation — the act of removing a crust
  • degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
  • delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
  • deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
  • demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
  • democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
  • democratiser — one who democratises
  • democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
  • demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
  • deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
  • derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
  • derestricted — (of a road or stretch of road) with no speed limits at all
  • desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
  • desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
  • desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
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