11-letter words containing d, i, c, u
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chilled out — relaxed
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- circumcised — (of an man) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised.
- circumcized — Simple past tense and past participle of circumcize.
- circumfused — Simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse.
- cire perdue — a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away
- ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
- claudius ii — full name Marcus Aurelius Claudius, called Gothicus. 214–270 ad, Roman emperor (268–270)
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
- coati-mundi — coati
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
- compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
- compounding — the addition of interest on interest already earned or charged
- condominium — A condominium is an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the person who lives there.
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
- conductions — Plural form of conduction.
- confounding — to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.
- constituted — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- continuedly — in a continued manner
- contributed — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- corrigendum — an error to be corrected
- cosmic dust — fine particles of solid matter occurring throughout interstellar space and often collecting into clouds of extremely low density
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countrified — You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
- countryfied — countrified
- 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'oeil — a quick glance
- credit hour — A credit hour is a credit that a school or college awards to students who have completed a course of study.
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
- cupid's bow — a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.