11-letter words containing a, c, e, n, d
- constipated — Someone who is constipated has difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from their body.
- constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
- consummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contradance — contredanse
- contravened — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- contredanse — a courtly Continental version of the English country dance, similar to the quadrille
- convalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of convalesce.
- conversated — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conveyanced — Simple past tense and past participle of conveyance.
- cooch dance — a sinuous, quasi-Oriental dance performed by a woman and characterized chiefly by suggestive gyrating and shaking of the body.
- coordinance — a joint ordinance
- coordinated — well organized
- coordinates — clothes of matching or harmonious colours and design, suitable for wearing together
- cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.
- cordilleran — a mountain system in W South America: the Andes and its component ranges.
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- crabbedness — The state or quality of being crabbed.
- craggedness — the quality of being cragged
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- crenellated — In a castle, a crenellated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- crescentade — a religious crusade or war fought under the flag of Turkey
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- dacarbazine — a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- dance drama — drama performed through dance movements, frequently with dialogue.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- danger cave — a deep, stratified site in the eastern Great Basin, in Utah, occupied by Amerindian cultures from at least 7000 b.c. to historic times.
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deaconesses — Plural form of deaconess.
- dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.