11-letter words containing d, u, c
- court dress — the formal clothing worn at court
- court order — a command by a court
- 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.
- credulously — In a credulous manner; believably.
- crest cloud — a stationary cloud parallel to and near the top of a mountain ridge. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crop duster — a pilot employed in crop-dusting from an airplane.
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- crowded out — full to capacity; full to bursting
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- crowdsource — to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet
- crude steel — unrefined steel
- cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
- cued speech — a method of communication in which a speaker uses a system of manual cues to aid a lipreader by clarifying potentially ambiguous mouth movements with hand gestures.
- culdoscopes — Plural form of culdoscope.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
- cupid's bow — a shape of the upper lip considered to resemble Cupid's double-curved bow
- curd cheese — a mild white cheese made from skimmed milk curds, smoother and fattier than cottage cheese
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- currycombed — Simple past tense and past participle of currycomb.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
- cut and run — to make a rapid escape
- cut sb dead — If you see someone you know and cut them dead, you ignore them.
- cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
- cutter deck — the blade housing on a power mower.
- cycadaceous — belonging or pertaining to the order Cycadales.
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- debauchedly — In a debauched manner.
- debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decarburize — decarbonize
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- deceitfully — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.