11-letter words containing a, c, e, r, t, d
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- 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.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- 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
- deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
- death chair — electric chair.
- death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
- decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decartelize — to break up (a cartel)
- decelerated — Simple past tense and past participle of decelerate.
- decelerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decelerate.
- decemvirate — a board of decemvirs
- decerebrate — to remove the brain or a large section of the brain or to cut the spinal cord at the level of the brain stem of (a person or animal)
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarative — making a statement or assertion
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
- declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decorrelate — To reduce the correlation between signals.
- decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- decremental — relating to a small amount that is taken away
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- defeaticrat — a member or supporter of the Democratic Party, echoing the belief among many opponents that it promoted a defeatist attitude to the situation in Iraq following the US-led invasion of 2003
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
- demarcating — Present participle of demarcate.
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- demarcative — (of a phonological feature) serving to indicate the beginning or end of each successive word in an utterance, as word-initial stress in Hungarian or penultimate stress in Polish.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- democratize — If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
- dendrachate — a variety of agate with black or brown tree-like markings, caused by impurities
- dendritical — Alternative form of dendritic.
- dental care — Dental care is medical care and hygiene relating to your teeth.
- deprecating — A deprecating attitude, gesture, or remark shows that you think that something is not very good, especially something associated with yourself.