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11-letter words containing d, r, y, n

  • crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
  • crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
  • cryogenized — treated with or stored in a cryogen.
  • cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
  • cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
  • cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
  • cyberfriend — A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
  • cylindrical — Something that is cylindrical is in the shape of a cylinder.
  • cylindroids — Plural form of cylindroid.
  • cyprinodont — any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow
  • daily grind — everyday work routine
  • dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
  • dandy fever — (in the West Indies) dengue.
  • dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
  • dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America
  • dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
  • day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
  • day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
  • day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
  • daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
  • declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
  • degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
  • dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
  • dehydration — the act or process of dehydrating.
  • delineatory — That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.
  • deliveryman — a man whose job is to deliver a product
  • deliverymen — Plural form of deliveryman.
  • delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
  • demonocracy — power of or rule by demons
  • demonolatry — the worship of demons
  • dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
  • dendrolatry — the worship of trees
  • denigratory — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • denumerably — In a denumerable manner.
  • deploringly — In a deploring manner.
  • depravingly — in a depraving manner
  • deservingly — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • desparingly — In a despairing manner.
  • determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
  • deterrently — in a deterrent manner, in a way that deters
  • deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
  • devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
  • differently — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
  • dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
  • dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
  • dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
  • dirty linen — intimate secrets, esp those that might give rise to gossip
  • dirty money — money obtained by immoral means
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