11-letter words containing a, c, r, d
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stickleader — a person assigned to check the appearance or condition of each person in a stick
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- sugar-cured — (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- swiss chard — chard.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- tachycardia — excessively rapid heartbeat.
- tape-record — to record (speech, music, etc.) on magnetic tape.
- taxi dancer — a girl or woman employed, as by a dance hall, to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance or for a set period of time.
- tented arch — a particular arch-like pattern in a fingerprint
- tetradactyl — a four-toed animal
- tetradrachm — an ancient coin with a value of four drachmas
- tetrahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) tetrahydroxy.
- third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
- third-class — of the lowest or poorest class or quality; inferior.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- tracker dog — canine trained to detect
- tractorfeed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- trade cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
- trade price — the price paid for goods by a retailer to a manufacturer or wholesaler
- traducement — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.
- traducingly — in a traducing manner
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- transcended — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transductor — a magnetic device that amplifies electronic signals
- travel card — a reusable ticket on more than one journey, route or mode of public transport which is usually valid for a fixed period of time and cheaper than paying for many separate trips
- triadically — characteristic of a triad
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- tricuspidal — having three cusps
- triplicated — replicated three times
- trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- tyrannicide — the act of killing a tyrant.
- unattracted — to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel): The gravitational force of the earth attracts smaller bodies to it.
- unbarricade — to unblock or open (a door, etc); to free from a barrier or obstacle
- unbracketed — not bracketed; not enclosed by brackets; not connected together by brackets