11-letter words containing d, e, c, n
- cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
- crowdedness — The state or quality of being crowded.
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
- cryogenized — treated with or stored in a cryogen.
- cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- cyberfriend — A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- 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.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- 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.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decanedioic — designating a type of acid
- decantation — the act of decanting a liquid
- 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)
- deccan hemp — kenaf.
- deceivingly — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decennially — Every ten years.
- decentering — to put out of center.
- decidedness — The state or quality of being decided.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
- 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
- declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
- declensions — Plural form of declension.