11-letter words containing c, d, r, o
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- sorbic acid — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 8 O 2 , slightly soluble in water, soluble in many organic solvents: used as a preservative in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food.
- sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
- source code — program instructions that must be translated by a compiler, interpreter, or assembler into object code before execution.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- spin doctor — Slang. a press agent skilled at spin control.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- start codon — a codon that starts the synthesis of a protein molecule.
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stock order — A stock order is a request, often created automatically by retail software, for new supplies to refill the inventory and replenish shelves.
- stockholder — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- storm cloud — raincloud before storm
- sub-product — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- subchloride — a chloride containing a relatively small proportion of chlorine, as mercurous chloride.
- subchondral — of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdirector — an assistant or secondary director
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- tape-record — to record (speech, music, etc.) on magnetic tape.
- thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
- third force — a political faction or party, etc., occupying an intermediate position between two others representing opposite extremes.
- 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.
- tidal force — the gravitational pull exerted by a celestial body that raises the tides on another body within the gravitational field, dependent on the varying distance between the bodies.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- tracker dog — canine trained to detect
- tractorfeed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- transductor — a magnetic device that amplifies electronic signals
- trichloride — a chloride having three atoms of chlorine, as ferric chloride, FeCl 3 .
- trichomonad — any flagellate protozoan of the genus Trichomonas, parasitic in humans or animals.
- trichonotid — any fish of the family Trichonotidae, comprising the sand divers.
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricoloured — having three colours
- tricornered — having three corners; tricorn.
- troglodytic — a prehistoric cave dweller.
- trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection
- trombiculid — (of a mite) belonging to the family Trombiculidae
- tropic bird — any of several web-footed seabirds of the family Phaethontidae, chiefly of tropical seas, having white plumage with black markings and a pair of greatly elongated central tail feathers.
- truncheoned — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- tuberculoid — resembling a tubercle.
- uncared for — If you describe people or animals as uncared for, you mean that they have not been looked after properly and as a result are hungry, dirty, or ill.
- uncared-for — untended; neglected; unkempt: The garden had an uncared-for look.