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11-letter words containing c, d

  • donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
  • donut peach — fruit
  • doodle-sack — bagpipe (def 1).
  • doodlesacks — Plural form of doodlesack.
  • door charge — an entrance fee.
  • doorknocker — A knocker mounted on a door.
  • dope addict — Slang. a drug addict.
  • dot etching — a method of making corrections in halftone positives or negatives by using chemicals to reduce the size of halftone dots.
  • dot product — inner product (def 1).
  • double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
  • double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
  • double coat — an outer coat of hair on a dog serving as protection against underbrush and resistant to weather, combined with an undercoat of softer hair for warmth and waterproofing.
  • double lock — a spring lock that can also serve as a deadbolt by an extra turn of the key
  • double-crop — to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.
  • double-deck — Also, double-decked. having two decks, tiers, or levels: a double-deck bunk; a double-deck bus.
  • double-lock — to lock with two turns of a key, so that a second bolt is engaged.
  • doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
  • doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
  • douchecanoe — (vulgar, slang, pejorative) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
  • douroucouli — a small, nocturnal South American monkey of the genus Aotus, having large, owllike eyes: in danger of extinction.
  • dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
  • down ticket — relating to or noting a candidate or political contest that is relatively low-profile and local compared to one listed in a higher place on the ballot: Very popular presidential nominees often cause down-ballot candidates to win.
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
  • doxological — Of or pertaining to doxology.
  • doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
  • doxycycline — a synthetic analog of a broad-spectrum antibiotic tetracycline drug, C 22 H 24 N 2 O 8 , used against a wide range of susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
  • dracunculus — A fish, the dragonet.
  • draft chair — a chair so designed as to fend off drafts from behind, as a wing chair.
  • drag anchor — (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
  • dramaticism — a dramatic character or way of behaving
  • dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
  • drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.
  • dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
  • dreamscapes — Plural form of dreamscape.
  • drill chuck — a chuck for holding a drill bit.
  • drill corps — drill team.
  • drillstocks — Plural form of drillstock.
  • drip coffee — a beverage prepared in a vessel in which boiling water filters from a top compartment through the coffee into a pot below.
  • drive chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
  • drive screw — a fastener with a helical thread of coarse pitch that can be driven into wood with a hammer and removed with a screwdriver.
  • drop anchor — secure a ship in place
  • drop cannon — a shot in which the first object ball joins or gathers with the cue ball and the other object ball, esp at the top of the table
  • drop cookie — a cookie made by dropping batter from a spoon onto a cookie sheet for baking.
  • druckenness — the state of being drunk
  • drug addict — a person who is addicted to a narcotic.
  • dry cleaner — a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
  • dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
  • dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
  • dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
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