11-letter words containing d, r, u, i, c
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- decarburize — decarbonize
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- decumbiture — the act of lying recumbent and, in particular, as a sick patient in bed
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decursively — in a decursive manner
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- direct rule — Direct rule is a system in which a central government rules an area which has had its own parliament or law-making organization in the past.
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- discolorous — (botany, of leaves) Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- 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.
- disencumber — to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- disjuncture — the act of disjoining or the state of being disjoined; disjunction.
- distincture — distinctness
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- diurnal arc — the portion of the diurnal circle that is above the horizon at a given point.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- diverticuli — Misspelling of diverticula.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- douroucouli — a small, nocturnal South American monkey of the genus Aotus, having large, owllike eyes: in danger of extinction.
- doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
- dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
- drill chuck — a chuck for holding a drill bit.
- drug addict — a person who is addicted to a narcotic.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- dutch chair — a chair of c1700, derived from Dutch models, having curved uprights, a wide splat joined to the seat rail, and cabriole legs.
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
- endocardium — The thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.
- endocranium — (anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull.