11-letter words containing c, d
- cork-tipped — (of a cigarette) having a filter of cork or some material resembling cork
- corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.
- corn dodger — South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of corn bread and baked or fried hard in a skillet.
- corndodgers — Plural form of corndodger.
- corned beef — Corned beef is beef which has been cooked and preserved in salt water.
- corresponds — Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.
- corrigendum — an error to be corrected
- cosmic dust — fine particles of solid matter occurring throughout interstellar space and often collecting into clouds of extremely low density
- cosmodromes — Plural form of cosmodrome.
- cosponsored — Simple past tense and past participle of cosponsor.
- cost ledger — a subsidiary ledger in which are recorded the costs of goods produced or services supplied.
- 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
- cottonseeds — Plural form of cottonseed.
- cottonwoods — Plural form of cottonwood.
- coude-focus — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterbond — a bond that protects a person who has entered into a bond for another person
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- counterdrug — Against the trafficking of drugs.
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countersued — Simple past tense and past participle of countersue.
- counterword — a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful
- countrified — You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
- countryfied — countrified
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- coup d'état — When there is a coup d'état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coup d'oeil — a quick glance
- coup d’état — When there is a coup d’état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coupon bond — a bond, usually a bearer bond, that pays interest by means of coupons with specific cash values.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- court dress — the formal clothing worn at court
- court order — a command by a court
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
- crabbedness — The state or quality of being crabbed.
- crack hardy — to disguise one's discomfort, etc; put on a bold front
- cracked gas — Cracked gas is gas from a refining process, which is often compressed afterwards.
- cradle roof — a roof having trusses the undersides of which form an arch.
- cradleboard — a wooden frame worn on the back, used by North American Indian women for carrying an infant.
- craggedness — the quality of being cragged
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
- crap around — Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- credibility — If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.