11-letter words containing d, o
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- coresidence — (anthropology) Living together, sharing a residence, as of an adult child with a parent.
- cork-tipped — (of a cigarette) having a filter of cork or some material resembling cork
- corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.
- corn dodger — South Midland and Southern U.S. a small, usually oval cake made of corn bread and baked or fried hard in a skillet.
- corndodgers — Plural form of corndodger.
- corned beef — Corned beef is beef which has been cooked and preserved in salt water.
- corresponds — Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.
- 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
- cosmodromes — Plural form of cosmodrome.
- cosponsored — Simple past tense and past participle of cosponsor.
- cost ledger — a subsidiary ledger in which are recorded the costs of goods produced or services supplied.
- 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
- cottonseeds — Plural form of cottonseed.
- cottonwoods — Plural form of cottonwood.
- coude-focus — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
- 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'oeil — a quick glance
- coup d’état — When there is a coup d’état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coupon bond — a bond, usually a bearer bond, that pays interest by means of coupons with specific cash values.
- 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
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- cradle roof — a roof having trusses the undersides of which form an arch.
- cradleboard — a wooden frame worn on the back, used by North American Indian women for carrying an infant.
- crap around — Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
- credit hour — A credit hour is a credit that a school or college awards to students who have completed a course of study.
- credit memo — A credit memo is an official written acknowledgement that money is owed back to a customer.
- credit note — A credit note is a piece of paper that a shop gives you when you return goods that you have bought from it. It states that you are entitled to take goods of the same value without paying for them.
- credulously — In a credulous manner; believably.
- crescendoed — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- crescendoes — Plural form of crescendo.
- crest cloud — a stationary cloud parallel to and near the top of a mountain ridge. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- crocidolite — a blue fibrous amphibole mineral consisting of sodium iron silicate: a variety of asbestos used in cement products and pressure piping