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12-letter words containing l, d

  • chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
  • chloric acid — a strong acid with a pungent smell, known only in solution and in the form of chlorate salts. Formula: HClO3
  • chloroformed — Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.
  • chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
  • chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
  • chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
  • chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
  • chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
  • cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
  • ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
  • cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
  • circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
  • circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
  • circumflexed — (linguistics, of a written word) exhibiting circumflex accent.
  • circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
  • city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
  • civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
  • cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
  • clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
  • clap hold of — to grasp suddenly or forcibly
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • class a drug — (in Britain) any of the most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and MDMA
  • class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
  • class c drug — (in Britain) any of the least dangerous group of controlled drugs, including temazepam and cannabis
  • 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.
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • claudication — limping; lameness
  • clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
  • clean-handed — free from wrongdoing; guiltless.
  • clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
  • clear as mud — not at all clear
  • clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
  • clearsighted — seeing clearly
  • cleidoic egg — egg of birds and insects
  • clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
  • clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
  • cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
  • close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
  • close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
  • close-lipped — not talking or revealing much
  • close-reefed — having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.
  • closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
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