11-letter words containing c, d
- du guesclin — Bertrand [ber-trahn] /bɛrˈtrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), ("the Eagle of Brittany") c1320–80, French military leader: constable of France 1370–80.
- duces tecum — subpoena duces tecum.
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- duck typing — (programming) A term coined by Dave Thomas for a kind of dynamic typing typical of some programming languages, such as Smalltalk, Ruby or Visual FoxPro, where a variable's run-time value determines the operations that can be performed on it. The term comes from the "duck test": if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Duck typing considers the methods to which a value responds and the attributes it posesses rather than its relationship to a type hierarchy. This encourages greater polymorphism because types are enforced as late as possible.
- duck's arse — a hairstyle in which the hair is swept back to a point at the nape of the neck, resembling a duck's tail
- duck-legged — having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.
- due process — established course of legal proceedings
- duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- dulcifluous — coursing or flowing in a dulcet or gentle manner
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- dummy block — a freely moving cylinder for transmitting the pressure of a ram to a piece being extruded.
- duncanville — a town in N Texas.
- dundee cake — a fairly rich fruit cake decorated with almonds
- duns scotus — John ("Doctor Subtilis") 1265?–1308, Scottish scholastic theologian.
- duo-decagon — dodecagon.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duopolistic — Characteristic of a duopoly.
- duotheistic — Of or relating to duotheism.
- duplex lock — a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicating — Present participle of duplicate.
- duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
- duplicative — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- duplicident — (of certain animals, such as rabbits) having two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw
- duplicitous — marked or characterized by duplicity.
- dust jacket — book jacket.
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- dutch chair — a chair of c1700, derived from Dutch models, having curved uprights, a wide splat joined to the seat rail, and cabriole legs.
- dutch lunch — an individual portion or serving of cold cuts.
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dutch treat — a meal or entertainment for which each person pays his or her own expenses.
- dutch uncle — a person who criticizes or reproves with unsparing severity and frankness.
- duvet cover — the baglike cover into which the duvet is placed when you make a bed and which often makes a top sheet unnecessary
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- dynamic ram — dynamic random-access memory
- dynamically — Of a dynamic nature; variable or constantly changing nature.
- dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family
- dyotheletic — relating to Dyotheletes
- dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
- dysfunction — Medicine/Medical. malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of the body.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyslogistic — conveying disapproval or censure; not complimentary or eulogistic.
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- dysrhythmic — Having an unpleasing, irregular beat.
- dyssynergic — relating to or affected by dyssynergia
- echinoderms — Plural form of echinoderm.