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11-letter words containing a, c, r, d

  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorweed — vinegarweed.
  • camphorwood — The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
  • canary seed — birdseed.
  • candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
  • candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
  • cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
  • cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
  • cantharidic — cantharidal
  • cantharidin — the compound C10H12O4, which is the active ingredient in cantharides and is secreted by many species of blister beetle
  • caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
  • cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
  • capernoited — capricious
  • capped-rate — having a fixed upper limit
  • capric acid — a crystalline fatty acid, CH3(CH2)8COOH, occurring as a glyceride in natural fats and oils, used in making artificial fruit flavors, perfumes, etc.
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
  • carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
  • card reader — a device, no longer widely used, for reading information on a punched card and transferring it to a computer
  • cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
  • cardinality — the property of possessing a cardinal number
  • cardiodynia — pain in the heart region.
  • cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
  • cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
  • cardiograph — an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
  • cardiolipin — a lipid purified from bovine heart and used as an antigen for reacting with reagin, the Wassermann antibody, in the Wassermann diagnostic test for syphilis.
  • cardiomotor — relating to the action of the heart
  • cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
  • cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
  • cardiotonic — having a positive effect on cardiac function
  • cardiotoxic — Chemically damaging to the tissues of the heart.
  • cardophagus — a donkey
  • cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
  • carduaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Carduaceae, a subfamily of composite plants that includes the thistle
  • caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
  • carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
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