11-letter words containing c, a, u, l, d
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- debauchedly — In a debauched manner.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- denticulate — very finely toothed
- deutschland — Germany
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- dicephalous — having two heads
- disculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of disculpate.
- discussable — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- diurnal arc — the portion of the diurnal circle that is above the horizon at a given point.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double coat — an outer coat of hair on a dog serving as protection against underbrush and resistant to weather, combined with an undercoat of softer hair for warmth and waterproofing.
- dracunculus — A fish, the dragonet.
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- duncanville — a town in N Texas.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicating — Present participle of duplicate.
- duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
- duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
- educability — capable of being educated.
- educational — pertaining to education.
- edulcorated — Simple past tense and past participle of edulcorate.
- edulcorator — a device that supplies small quantities of a liquid to a mixture
- elucidating — Present participle of elucidate.
- elucidation — Explanation that makes something clear; clarification.
- elucidative — Explanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
- emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
- feudalistic — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- flocculated — Collected together in a loose aggregation like flocks (tufts) of wool, or coagulated in this way.
- fond du lac — a city in E Wisconsin, on Lake Winnebago.
- fraudulence — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.