11-letter words containing d, a, u, t
- catadromous — (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed
- caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
- census data — the data generated by an official census
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- coadjutants — Plural form of coadjutant.
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- coast guard — The coast guard is a part of a country's military forces and is responsible for protecting the coast, carrying out rescues, and doing police work along the coast.
- coati-mundi — coati
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- combat duty — active service
- conductance — the ability of a system to conduct electricity, measured by the ratio of the current flowing through the system to the potential difference across it; the reciprocal of resistance. It is measured in reciprocal ohms, mhos, or siemens
- consummated — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- cote d'azur — the Mediterranean coast of France, including the French Riviera: forms an administrative region with Provence
- cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- coup d'état — When there is a coup d'état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coup d’état — When there is a coup d’état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
- cut and run — to make a rapid escape
- cut sb dead — If you see someone you know and cut them dead, you ignore them.
- cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- dasht-e-lut — vast desert region of central and SE Iran, extending southward from the Dasht-e-Kavir
- dasht-i-lut — a desert plateau in central and E central Iran
- date mussel — any brown, date-sized marine mussel, genus Lithophaga, that bores into rock or coral.
- datum plane — the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
- dauntlessly — In a dauntless manner.
- day student — a student at a college or secondary school who does not reside in a facility provided by the school
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- deaf-mutism — unable to hear and speak.
- dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
- death house — the section of a prison containing an execution chamber and the cells in which persons condemned to die are housed in the days just before their execution
- death squad — Death squads are groups of people who operate illegally and carry out the killing of people such as their political opponents or criminals.
- deattribute — to withdraw the initial ascription of (a work of art)