11-letter words containing d, o, c, u
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
- cycadaceous — belonging or pertaining to the order Cycadales.
- 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.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- declivitous — fairly steep
- decommunize — to return (property) from public to private ownership
- decompounds — Plural form of decompound.
- 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.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructors — Plural form of destructor.
- deuce court — the receiver's right-hand service court, into which the ball is served when the score is deuce.
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- disco music — 70s dance music
- discolorous — (botany, of leaves) Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discounting — Present participle of discount.
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- discussions — Plural form of discussion.
- disfunction — dysfunction.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- disjunction — the act of disjoining or the state of being disjoined: a disjunction between thought and action.
- dockominium — a dock or boat slip bought and sold as real property.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.