11-letter words containing a, d, s, c, i
- crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- 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.
- daisy chain — A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- 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.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- 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.
- deactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate.
- decalcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decimalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimalize.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- dedications — Plural form of dedication.
- deistically — In a deistic manner.
- delocalised — (British) alternative spelling of delocalized.
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- demoniacism — the state or practice of being possessed by a demon
- denunciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denunciate.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- deracinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deracinate Pulls up by the roots.
- desacralize — to render less sacred; to secularize
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desiccating — Present participle of desiccate.
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desiccative — Causing to desiccate, dry.
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.