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.