11-letter words containing d, e, u, c, t
- 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
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterbond — a bond that protects a person who has entered into a bond for another person
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- counterdrug — Against the trafficking of drugs.
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countersued — Simple past tense and past participle of countersue.
- counterword — a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful
- countrified — You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
- countryfied — countrified
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- 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).
- court dress — the formal clothing worn at court
- court order — a command by a court
- credit hour — A credit hour is a credit that a school or college awards to students who have completed a course of study.
- crest cloud — a stationary cloud parallel to and near the top of a mountain ridge. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- crop duster — a pilot employed in crop-dusting from an airplane.
- crowded out — full to capacity; full to bursting
- crude steel — unrefined steel
- 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.
- cutter deck — the blade housing on a power mower.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- deceitfully — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- declivitous — fairly steep
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decluttered — Simple past tense and past participle of declutter.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- decumbiture — the act of lying recumbent and, in particular, as a sick patient in bed
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- deductibles — Plural form of deductible.
- deductively — In a deductive manner; using deduction.
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system