12-letter words containing s, d, e, a, t
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
- cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
- catbird seat — an enviable position, as of power
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- commandments — a command or mandate.
- commiserated — Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate.
- condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
- conductances — Plural form of conductance.
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- considerated — Simple past tense and past participle of considerate.
- consolidated — consolidated (def 2).
- consolidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consolidate.
- constellated — Simple past tense and past participle of constellate.
- consternated — to dismay, confuse, or terrify.
- contradances — Plural form of contradance.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- countermands — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countermand.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- 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.
- damask steel — Damascus steel
- dance studio — A dance studio is a place where people pay to learn how to dance.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- data exhaust — unstructured information or data that is a by-product of the online activities of Internet users: Collecting and analyzing data exhaust can provide valuable insight into the purchasing habits of consumers.
- data segment — (memory) The range of memory locations where the initialised data of a program produced by a Unix linker is located. Executable code is located in the code segment and uninitialised data in the bss segment.
- date squares — a sweet made of a date filling on an oatmeal base with a crumble topping, cut into squares
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- dauntingness — to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- de-designate — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- de-stabilise — to make unstable; rid of stabilizing attributes: conflicts that tend to destabilize world peace.
- de-stalinize — to eliminate the influence of Stalin from
- dead storage — the storage of furniture, files, or other unused or seldom used items in a warehouse or other location for an indefinite period of time.
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death camass — any liliaceous plant of the genus Zygadenus (or Zigadenus), of the western US, that is poisonous to livestock, esp sheep
- death duties — Death duties were a tax which had to be paid on the money and property of someone who had died. This tax is now called inheritance tax.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction