11-letter words containing d, a, c, r, y
- cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
- cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
- cylindrical — Something that is cylindrical is in the shape of a cylinder.
- dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- daddy track — a career path for men who are willing to forgo promotions, raises, etc., so as to spend more time with their children.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- demonocracy — power of or rule by demons
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discordancy — discordance (defs 1–3).
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
- doctrinally — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- domiciliary — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.
- 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.
- dynamic ram — dynamic random-access memory
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- edificatory — intended or serving to edify.
- elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
- equity card — a card proving membership of an actors' trade union
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- fraudulency — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.