7-letter words containing d, r, i, c
- cordite — Cordite is an explosive substance used in guns and bombs.
- corixid — any heteropterous water bug of the vegetarian family Corixidae, typified by Corixa punctata, common in sluggish waters. The forelegs have become modified and are used in stridulation, as by the water singer (Micronecta poweri)
- cormoid — similar to a corm
- corrida — a public program in which a series of bullfights, usually six, are held
- corrido — a Mexican ballad or folksong about struggle against oppression and injustice.
- corvids — Plural form of corvid.
- cowbird — any of various American orioles of the genera Molothrus, Tangavius, etc, esp M. ater (common or brown-headed cowbird). They have a dark plumage and short bill
- credits — a list of those responsible for the production of a film or television programme
- cribbed — Of or pertaining to a crib, or things in a crib.
- cricked — a sharp, painful spasm of the muscles, as of the neck or back.
- cricoid — of or relating to the ring-shaped lowermost cartilage of the larynx
- crimped — folded into ridges
- cringed — to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower.
- crinoid — any primitive echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having delicate feathery arms radiating from a central disc. The group includes the free-swimming feather stars, the sessile sea lilies, and many stemmed fossil forms
- crisped — (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- crowdie — a porridge of meal and water; brose
- crudity — the condition or quality of being crude
- cruised — Simple past tense and past participle of cruise.
- cryptid — (cryptozoology) Any creature that may or may not exist. Sightings of various cryptids have been reported, but their reality has not been proved.
- curding — Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- curried — Curried meat or vegetables have been flavoured with hot spices.
- daturic — relating to the plants that belong to the genus Datura
- de-icer — a mechanical or thermal device designed to melt or stop the formation of ice on an aircraft, usually fitted to the aerofoil surfaces
- deciare — one tenth of an are or 10 square metres
- decibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- decider — In sport, a decider is one of the games in a series, which establishes which player or team wins the series.
- decrial — the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decried — to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- decrier — One who decries.
- decries — to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- deicers — Plural form of deicer.
- derrick — A derrick is a machine that is used to move cargo on a ship by lifting it in the air.
- dharmic — (of religion or beliefs) of Indian origin
- diarchy — government by two states, individuals, etc
- dibrach — pyrrhic1 (def 3).
- dichord — a musical instrument with two strings, usually of the ancient or medieval period
- dickers — Plural form of dicker.
- dictier — high-class or stylish.
- dimeric — a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- dinaric — of or relating to the Alpine region of the Balkan Peninsula, from Slovenia to N Albania and extending across W Coatia, and most of Bosnia and Herzegovna, and Montenegro.
- dineric — of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- directs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of direct.
- directx — (programming, hardware) A Microsoft programming interface standard, first included with Windows 95. DirectX gives (games) programmers a standard way to gain direct access to enhanced hardware features under Windows 95 instead of going via the Windows 95 GDI. Some DirectX code runs faster than the equivalent under MS DOS. DirectX promises performance improvements for graphics, sound, video, 3D, and network capabilites of games, but only where both hardware and software support DirectX. DirectX 2 introduced the Direct3D interface. Version 5 was current at 1998-02-01. Version 8.1 is included in Windows XP.
- discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discern — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- discerp — To tear into pieces; to rend.
- discoer — a person who attends discos
- discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- discure — (obsolete) To discover; to reveal.
- ditcher — a person who digs ditches.