11-letter words containing e, d, u, c
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- currycombed — Simple past tense and past participle of currycomb.
- 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 sb dead — If you see someone you know and cut them dead, you ignore them.
- 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.
- 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.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- declivitous — fairly steep
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decluttered — Simple past tense and past participle of declutter.
- decommunize — to return (property) from public to private ownership
- decompounds — Plural form of decompound.
- deconstruct — In philosophy and literary criticism, to deconstruct an idea or text means to show the contradictions in its meaning, and to show how it does not fully explain what it claims to explain.
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- 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
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- deductibles — Plural form of deductible.
- deductively — In a deductive manner; using deduction.
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- defunctness — The state or quality of being defunct.
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
- delinquincy — Alternative form of delinquency.
- deliquesced — Simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce.
- denticulate — very finely toothed
- denunciated — Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
- denunciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denunciate.
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.