11-letter words containing d, c, s
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
- cued speech — a method of communication in which a speaker uses a system of manual cues to aid a lipreader by clarifying potentially ambiguous mouth movements with hand gestures.
- culdoscopes — Plural form of culdoscope.
- cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
- cupid's bow — a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
- curd cheese — a mild white cheese made from skimmed milk curds, smoother and fattier than cottage cheese
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- 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 sb dead — If you see someone you know and cut them dead, you ignore them.
- cycadaceous — belonging or pertaining to the order Cycadales.
- cyclostyled — Simple past tense and past participle of cyclostyle.
- cylindroids — Plural form of cylindroid.
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- daisy chain — A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- 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 music — music that is suitable for dancing
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- de-escalate — to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- 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.
- deactivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deactivate.
- deallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deallocate.
- debt crisis — a situation in which the large debts owed by a number of individuals, organizations or countries threaten to overwhelm them, so that they become unable to service their debts which, in turn, may threaten the stability of larger structures
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decalcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decalcify.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- decathletes — Plural form of decathlete.
- decelerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decelerate.
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decidedness — The state or quality of being decided.
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- decimalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimalize.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- decisioning — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- deck tennis — a game played on board ship in which a quoit is tossed to and fro across a high net on a small court resembling a tennis court