11-letter words containing a, d, u, r
- broad gauge — a railway track with a greater distance between the lines than the standard gauge of 561⁄2 inches (about 1.44 metres) used now by most mainline railway systems
- broad-brush — A broad-brush approach, strategy, or solution deals with a problem in a general way rather than concentrating on details.
- broad-gauge — Railroads. of or relating to equipment designed for a railroad having track of a broad gauge: broad-gauge rolling stock.
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
- bubble card — blister pack.
- bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- butterbread — bread spread with butter.
- buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
- cardophagus — a donkey
- 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.
- cassiodorus — Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 ad, Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths
- catadromous — (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed
- caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- chaud-froid — a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
- chauffeured — driven by a chauffeur
- cheque card — In Britain, a cheque card or a cheque guarantee card is a small plastic card given to you by your bank and which you have to show when you are paying for something by cheque or when you are cashing a cheque at another bank.
- churchwards — in the direction of the church
- churchyards — Plural form of churchyard.
- ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- coast guard — The coast guard is a part of a country's military forces and is responsible for protecting the coast, carrying out rescues, and doing police work along the coast.
- color guard — the persons carrying and escorting the colors (flag) in a parade, ceremony, etc.
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- cote d'azur — the Mediterranean coast of France, including the French Riviera: forms an administrative region with Provence
- cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- crap around — Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.