11-letter words containing c, r, i, n
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decree nisi — A decree nisi is an order made by a court which states that a divorce must take place at a certain time in the future unless a good reason is produced to prevent this.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deliverance — Deliverance is rescue from imprisonment, danger, or evil.
- demarcating — Present participle of demarcate.
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- dendritical — Alternative form of dendritic.
- deprecating — A deprecating attitude, gesture, or remark shows that you think that something is not very good, especially something associated with yourself.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deracinated — to pull up by the roots; uproot; extirpate; eradicate.
- deracinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deracinate Pulls up by the roots.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- derecognize — to cease to recognize (a trade union) as having special negotiating rights within a company or industry
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- dernier cri — the latest fashion; the last word
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- 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
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- differences — Plural form of difference.
- 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.
- dioxonitric — as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- discardment — the act or process of discarding
- discernable — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernible — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernibly — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- discharging — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discipliner — Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.
- discoloring — Present participle of discolor.
- disconcerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconcert.
- discophoran — a member of the Discophora group
- discordance — a discordant state; disagreement; discord.
- discordancy — discordance (defs 1–3).
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discovering — Present participle of discover.
- discreation — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.