11-letter words containing c, d
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dance drama — drama performed through dance movements, frequently with dialogue.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- danger cave — a deep, stratified site in the eastern Great Basin, in Utah, occupied by Amerindian cultures from at least 7000 b.c. to historic times.
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- data packet — packet
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- db2 catalog — (database) An IBM DB2 system table listing all objects in a database installation including hosts, servers, databases, tables and many more. Commands are provided to manage the catalog, e.g. db2 catalog database mydatabase on /databases/mydatabase to add a database reference.
- de la beche — Henry. 1796–1855, English geologist. His work led to the founding of the Geological Survey (1835)
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- de-escalate — to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacetylate — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- deacidified — Simple past tense and past participle of deacidify.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deaconesses — Plural form of deaconess.
- deactivated — Simple past tense and past participle of deactivate.
- deactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- deallocated — Simple past tense and past participle of deallocate.
- deallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deallocate.
- deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
- death chair — electric chair.
- death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
- debauchedly — In a debauched manner.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- debt crisis — a situation in which the large debts owed by a number of individuals, organizations or countries threaten to overwhelm them, so that they become unable to service their debts which, in turn, may threaten the stability of larger structures
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- decalcified — (of rock or bone) containing a reduced quantity of calcium salts.
- decalcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decanedioic — designating a type of acid
- decantation — the act of decanting a liquid
- decapitated — With the head removed.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)