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11-letter words containing c, d

  • cryohydrate — a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions at low temperatures: a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water
  • cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
  • cryptorchid — an animal or human in which the testes fail to descend into the scrotum
  • crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
  • crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
  • crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
  • cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
  • cued speech — a method of communication in which a speaker uses a system of manual cues to aid a lipreader by clarifying potentially ambiguous mouth movements with hand gestures.
  • culdoscopes — Plural form of culdoscope.
  • cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
  • cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
  • cupid's bow — a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
  • curd cheese — a mild white cheese made from skimmed milk curds, smoother and fattier than cottage cheese
  • curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
  • currycombed — Simple past tense and past participle of currycomb.
  • curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
  • cuspidation — decoration using cusps
  • custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
  • custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
  • custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
  • custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
  • cut and run — to make a rapid escape
  • cut sb dead — If you see someone you know and cut them dead, you ignore them.
  • cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
  • cutter deck — the blade housing on a power mower.
  • cyanic acid — colourless poisonous volatile liquid acid
  • cyanidation — (metallurgy) The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process.
  • cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
  • cyberfriend — A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
  • cycadaceous — belonging or pertaining to the order Cycadales.
  • cycadophyte — any plant belonging to the phylum Cycadophyta
  • cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
  • cyclostyled — Simple past tense and past participle of cyclostyle.
  • cylindrical — Something that is cylindrical is in the shape of a cylinder.
  • cylindroids — Plural form of cylindroid.
  • cyprinodont — any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow
  • cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
  • cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
  • dacarbazine — a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.
  • dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
  • dactylogram — a fingerprint
  • dactylology — the method of using manual sign language, as in communicating with deaf people
  • dactylonomy — The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
  • dad dancing — enthusiastic but inelegant dancing to pop music, regarded as typical of middle-aged men
  • daddy track — a career path for men who are willing to forgo promotions, raises, etc., so as to spend more time with their children.
  • daisy chain — A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace.
  • daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
  • damascening — Present participle of damascene.
  • dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
  • dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
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