11-letter words containing a, n, c, t
- culmination — Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
- culminative — (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.
- cultivating — Present participle of cultivate.
- cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- cunctatious — addicted to or prone to cunctation
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- currant bun — a sweet bun containing currants
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- cut a melon — to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
- cut and run — to make a rapid escape
- cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cyanidation — (metallurgy) The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process.
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cyclization — the process by which the atoms of a compound become a closed ring
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dactylonomy — The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- 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.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- decantation — the act of decanting a liquid
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
- declination — the angular distance, esp in degrees, of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial equator measured north (positive) or south (negative) along the great circle passing through the celestial poles and the body
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decollating — Present participle of decollate.
- decollation — to behead; decapitate.
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decremental — relating to a small amount that is taken away
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- dedications — Plural form of dedication.