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11-letter words containing c, a, n, d, i

  • sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
  • sarcodinian — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
  • sardonicism — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
  • scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
  • scan design — (electronics)   (Or "Scan-In, Scan-Out") A electronic circuit design technique which aims to increase the controllability and observability of a digital logic circuit by incorporating special "scan registers" into the circuit so that they form a scan path. Some of the more common types of scan design include the multiplexed register designs and level-sensitive scan design (LSSD) used extensively by IBM. Boundary scan can be used alone or in combination with either of the above techniques.
  • scandinavia — Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faeroe Islands.
  • scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
  • secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • seminomadic — belonging or relating to an ethnic group or people who migrate seasonally and cultivate crops during periods of settlement
  • side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
  • side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
  • snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
  • social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
  • solidarnosc — a Polish organization of independent trade unions founded in 1980: outlawed by the government of Poland in 1982.
  • spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
  • spodomantic — relating to spodomancy
  • stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
  • stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • subcardinal — (of veins) next to the cardinal veins
  • subdiaconal — of or relating to a subdeacon.
  • subindicate — to indirectly indicate or hint
  • subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
  • syndicalism — a form or development of trade unionism, originating in France, that aims at the possession of the means of production and distribution, and ultimately at the control of society, by federated bodies of industrial workers, and that seeks to realize its purposes through general strikes, terrorism, sabotage, etc.
  • syndication — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • synodically — by the authority of a synod
  • tannic acid — Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
  • tap dancing — dancing with clicking shoes
  • taxi dancer — a girl or woman employed, as by a dance hall, to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance or for a set period of time.
  • telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
  • ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
  • traducingly — in a traducing manner
  • trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
  • trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
  • tyrannicide — the act of killing a tyrant.
  • unacclaimed — to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval; applaud: to acclaim the conquering heroes.
  • unacquitted — to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty: They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still think she's guilty.
  • unactivated — to make active; cause to function or act.
  • unadvancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
  • unafflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
  • unbarricade — to unblock or open (a door, etc); to free from a barrier or obstacle
  • uncalcified — not calcified; not converted into lime
  • uncanalized — to make a canal or canals through.
  • uncaptioned — a title or explanation for a picture or illustration, especially in a magazine.
  • unchastised — not chastised or reprimanded
  • unclarified — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
  • uncompanied — unaccompanied
  • uncontained — showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised: She was contained throughout the ordeal.
  • uncurtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
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