11-letter words containing c, d
- distractive — tending to distract.
- distractors — Plural form of distractor.
- districting — Present participle of district.
- distriction — (obsolete) Sudden display; flash; glitter.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- ditchdigger — a worker whose occupation is digging ditches, especially with pick and shovel.
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- diurnal arc — the portion of the diurnal circle that is above the horizon at a given point.
- divaricated — Spread-out, divergent, especially of a branch etc. which is at nearly ninety degrees to the main stem.
- divaricator — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- divellicate — to separate; pull apart
- divergences — Plural form of divergence.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- diverticuli — Misspelling of diverticula.
- diving duck — any of numerous ducks, common in coastal bays and river mouths, that typically dive from the water's surface for their food (contrasted with dabbling duck).
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- docibleness — the quality or character of being docible
- dock strike — an industrial dispute involving dock workers
- dock worker — A dock worker is a person who works in the docks, loading and unloading ships.
- dockization — the process of turning into docks
- dockmackies — Plural form of dockmackie.
- dockominium — a dock or boat slip bought and sold as real property.
- dockworkers — Plural form of dockworker.
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- doctrinally — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- documenting — Present participle of document.
- dodecagonal — Having twelve sides and twelve angles.
- dodecastyle — having 12 columns.
- dog biscuit — a hard biscuit for dogs, usually containing ground meat, bones, etc.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
- dog licence — a special license which permits the holder to be the keeper of a dog
- dog officer — dogcatcher.
- dog-catcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogcatchers — Plural form of dogcatcher.
- dole office — an informal term for a job centre
- domenichino — (Domenico Zampieri (Le Dominiquin)) 1581–1641, Italian painter.
- domesticate — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticity — the state of being domestic; domestic or home life.
- domesticize — To make domestic; domesticate.
- domiciliary — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- domiciliate — to domicile.
- domoic acid — an amino acid found in shellfish that can cause food poisoning
- don cossack — a member of the eastern branch of the Cossacks, living along the Don
- donkey-lick — to defeat decisively