11-letter words containing a, d, r, s
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crescentade — a religious crusade or war fought under the flag of Turkey
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- cross-heads — Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
- cross-nodal — having to do with interaction between the senses
- cross-trade — cross (def 26).
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crossbarred — having a crossbar or crossbars
- crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
- 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.
- damask rose — a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
- dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
- danger list — on
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dardanelles — the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara, separating European from Asian Turkey
- darlingness — the quality or characteristic of being darling, sweet, or charming
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dastardized — Simple past tense and past participle of dastardize.
- dastardness — the sate or quality of being a dastard
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- day release — Day release is a system in which workers spend one day each week at a college in order to study a subject connected with their work.
- day surgery — a system in which a patient comes into hospital for a surgical procedure, has the operation, recovers and is released from hospital in the course of a single day
- daydreamers — Plural form of daydreamer.
- dead-stroke — relating to a stroke made that has no kickback or reverberation
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decelerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decelerate.
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- deerstalker — A deerstalker is an old-fashioned hat with parts at the sides which can be folded down to cover the ears. Deerstalkers are usually worn by men.
- deflagrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflagrate.