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12-letter words containing l, d, c

  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • caesar salad — Caesar salad is a type of salad containing lettuce, eggs, cheese, and small pieces of fried bread, served with a dressing of oil, vinegar, and herbs.
  • calculatedly — in a calculated manner
  • calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
  • calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
  • calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.
  • call of duty — responsibilities
  • call to mind — to remember or cause to be remembered
  • call-by-need — (reduction)   A reduction strategy which delays evaluation of function arguments until their values are needed. A value is needed if it is an argument to a primitive function or it is the condition in a conditional. Call-by-need is one aspect of lazy evaluation. The term first appears in Chris Wadsworth's thesis "Semantics and Pragmatics of the Lambda calculus" (Oxford, 1971, p. 183). It was used later, by J. Vuillemin in his thesis (Stanford, 1973).
  • calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
  • calling card — A calling card is a small card with personal information about you on it, such as your name and address, which you can give to people when you go to visit them.
  • calycoideous — calycoid
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • cancelpoodle — (messaging)   (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
  • candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
  • candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
  • candleholder — a candlestick
  • candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
  • cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
  • cannibalized — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalize.
  • cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
  • cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
  • capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
  • capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
  • carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
  • card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
  • cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
  • cardinal sin — If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
  • cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
  • cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
  • carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
  • carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
  • cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
  • catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
  • catch a cold — to make a loss; lose one's investment
  • cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
  • cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
  • cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
  • cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
  • cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
  • cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
  • cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
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