11-letter words containing d, r, y
- body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
- body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- bodybuilder — A bodybuilder is a person who does special exercises regularly in order to make his or her muscles grow bigger.
- bookbindery — a place in which books are bound
- borohydride — any compound, such as sodium borohydride, which contains the radical BH4
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- bradycardia — an abnormally low rate of heartbeat
- bradycardic — a slow heartbeat rate, usually less than 60 beats per minute.
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- brain candy — something that is entertaining or enjoyable but lacks depth or significance
- brandy mint — peppermint.
- brandy snap — Brandy snaps are very thin crisp biscuits in the shape of hollow cylinders. They are flavoured with ginger and are often filled with cream.
- breadthways — from side to side
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- brown study — a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
- buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
- by order of — according to the command of
- cable-ready — (of a television or VCR) able to receive cable television directly, without the need for special reception or decoding equipment.
- cadastrally — from a cadastral point of view
- canary seed — birdseed.
- candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- cardinality — the property of possessing a cardinal number
- cardiodynia — pain in the heart region.
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- carry trade — a speculative transaction in which a trader buys the currency of a country with a high rate of interest and sells the currency of a country with a low rate of interest
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- chlorhydric — (chemistry) Alternative form of hydrochloric.
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- chrysalidal — relating to a chrysalis or stage in the development of an insect
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- churchyards — Plural form of churchyard.
- city editor — The city editor of a newspaper is the editor who is in charge of local news.
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
- codicillary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a codicil.
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- comorbidity — the occurrence of more than one illness or condition at the same time
- concernedly — interested or affected: concerned citizens.
- concertedly — contrived or arranged by agreement; planned or devised together: a concerted effort.
- condolatory — to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died.
- confederacy — A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing.
- confirmedly — In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.