12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, d
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- 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
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crowned head — a monarch
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- 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.
- danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- dasher block — a block at the end of a yard or gaff for supporting a signal or ensign halyard.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- dawn redwood — a deciduous conifer, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, native to China but planted in other regions as an ornamental tree: family Taxodiaceae. Until the 1940s it was known only as a fossil
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- dead soldier — an empty beer or spirit bottle
- 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.
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death throes — The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- debonairness — The state or quality of being debonair.
- debrouillard — (one who is) skilled or resourceful at handling any difficulty
- 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)
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- decoloration — appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds.
- deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decorrelated — Simple past tense and past participle of decorrelate.
- decorticated — Having had the outer covering removed.
- decorticator — A machine that peels off the fibrous husk, bark or outer layer of some vegetable product; used in the manufacture of animal feed etc.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- dedicatorial — relating to or acting as a dedication
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- deformed bar — a rod for reinforcing concrete, having surface irregularities, as transverse ridges, to improve the bond.