11-letter words containing d, u, r, n
- brown study — a mood of deep absorption or thoughtfulness; reverie
- buffer fund — money put aside to help alleviate the adverse short-term effects of something
- bull riding — a rodeo event in which a contestant tries to ride a bucking bull for eight seconds, with one hand holding a rope tied to a band around the bull's chest.
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
- buzz-aldrin — Edwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- centrifuged — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- close round — to encircle; surround
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- code number — a number used to identify something
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- conductress — a female conductor
- confounders — Plural form of confounder.
- conjectured — Simple past tense and past participle of conjecture.
- constructed — to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
- contributed — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- cordon bleu — Cordon bleu is used to describe cookery or cooks of the highest standard.
- corrigendum — an error to be corrected
- cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterbond — a bond that protects a person who has entered into a bond for another person
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- counterdrug — Against the trafficking of drugs.
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countersued — Simple past tense and past participle of countersue.
- counterword — a word widely used in a sense much looser than its original meaning, such as tremendous or awful
- countrified — You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
- countryfied — countrified
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- countrywide — Something that happens or exists countrywide happens or exists throughout the whole of a particular country.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- crap around — Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- 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.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.