11-letter words containing c, o, a
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- dactylology — the method of using manual sign language, as in communicating with deaf people
- dactylonomy — The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- db2 catalog — (database) An IBM DB2 system table listing all objects in a database installation including hosts, servers, databases, tables and many more. Commands are provided to manage the catalog, e.g. db2 catalog database mydatabase on /databases/mydatabase to add a database reference.
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deaconesses — Plural form of deaconess.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- deallocated — Simple past tense and past participle of deallocate.
- deallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deallocate.
- deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decanedioic — designating a type of acid
- decantation — the act of decanting a liquid
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- declination — the angular distance, esp in degrees, of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial equator measured north (positive) or south (negative) along the great circle passing through the celestial poles and the body
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- decocainize — To remove cocaine from.
- decoic acid — capric acid.
- decollating — Present participle of decollate.
- decollation — to behead; decapitate.
- decolletage — the low-cut neckline of a woman's garment
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decorrelate — To reduce the correlation between signals.
- decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- dedications — Plural form of dedication.