11-letter words containing c, o, d, a
- demy octavo — a book size, 81⁄2 by 51⁄2 inches
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desiccation — Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
- desocialize — to remove from a customary social environment: Imprisonment desocializes the inmates.
- dessication — Misspelling of desiccation.
- detoxicated — Simple past tense and past participle of detoxicate.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- devocalized — Simple past tense and past participle of devocalize.
- dexiocardia — dextrocardia.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diagnostics — the art or practice of diagnosis, esp of diseases
- dialogistic — a speaker in a dialogue.
- diamondback — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- diarrhoetic — Alternative form of diarrhetic.
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
- diatonicism — the use of diatonic harmony; composition in a diatonic idiom.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dictational — the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.
- dictatorial — Dictatorial means controlled or used by a dictator.
- dictionally — from a dictional point of view
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- diplomatics — the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like.
- dipsomaniac — a person with an irresistible craving for alcoholic drink.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorate — the office of a director.
- directorial — pertaining to a director or directorate.
- disaccorded — Simple past tense and past participle of disaccord.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.