11-letter words containing c, d
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- dictionally — from a dictional point of view
- dictyostele — a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands
- didacticism — intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- die casting — the process of making a casting by forcing molten metal into a metallic mold, or die, under great pressure
- die-cutting — the cutting by machine of paper or card into shapes with sharp steel knives, such as in the manufacture of cardboard boxes
- dielectrics — Plural form of dielectric.
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- difficultly — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- diffractive — causing or pertaining to diffraction.
- diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
- dilacerated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate.
- dill pickle — a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- dimethicone — Polydimethylsiloxane.
- dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
- diotheletic — relating to diothelism
- dioxonitric — as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid
- diphthongic — of, like, or relating to a diphthong
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- diplophonic — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- dipsomaniac — a person with an irresistible craving for alcoholic drink.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- direct cost — a cost that can be related directly to the production of a product or to a particular function or service.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- direct-dial — being a telephone or telephone system enabling long-distance calls to be direct-dialed.
- directed oc — (language) (Doc) A language related to Oc.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directivity — (geology) The effect of earthquake motion propagation being greater in the direction of the rupture.
- directorate — the office of a director.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- directories — directory
- dirty trick — act: unfair, dishonest
- disaccorded — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccord.
- disaccredit — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disaffected — discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.
- disc camera — a camera that accepts a film cartridge in the form of a rotatable disc with film frames mounted around the outer edge.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- disc jockey — a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- discalceate — (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
- discandying — the act of melting or dissolving
- discardable — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.