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11-letter words containing d, e, a, r, c

  • cross-trade — cross (def 26).
  • crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
  • crossbarred — having a crossbar or crossbars
  • crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
  • crowder pea — any variety of cowpea bearing pods with closely spaced seeds.
  • cryohydrate — a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions at low temperatures: a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water
  • crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
  • crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
  • cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
  • 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.
  • dacarbazine — a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.
  • dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
  • daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
  • 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 drama — drama performed through dance movements, frequently with dialogue.
  • dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
  • danger cave — a deep, stratified site in the eastern Great Basin, in Utah, occupied by Amerindian cultures from at least 7000 b.c. to historic times.
  • dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
  • dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
  • dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
  • day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
  • de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
  • deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
  • dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
  • dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
  • dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
  • deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
  • death chair — electric chair.
  • death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
  • decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
  • decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
  • decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
  • decapitator — One who decapitates.
  • decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
  • decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
  • decarburize — decarbonize
  • decartelize — to break up (a cartel)
  • decelerated — Simple past tense and past participle of decelerate.
  • decelerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decelerate.
  • decemvirate — a board of decemvirs
  • decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
  • decerebrate — to remove the brain or a large section of the brain or to cut the spinal cord at the level of the brain stem of (a person or animal)
  • declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
  • declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
  • declarative — making a statement or assertion
  • declarators — Plural form of declarator.
  • declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
  • declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
  • declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
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