11-letter words containing e, n, c, o, d
- cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
- cottonseeds — Plural form of cottonseed.
- 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).
- credit note — A credit note is a piece of paper that a shop gives you when you return goods that you have bought from it. It states that you are entitled to take goods of the same value without paying for them.
- crescendoed — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- crescendoes — Plural form of crescendo.
- crookedness — The state of being crooked.
- cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
- crowdedness — The state or quality of being crowded.
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- crown derby — a type of porcelain manufactured at Derby from 1784–1848
- cryogenized — treated with or stored in a cryogen.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.
- deacon seat — a bench running most of the length of a bunkhouse in a lumbering camp.
- deaconesses — Plural form of deaconess.
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decanedioic — designating a type of acid
- decantation — the act of decanting a liquid
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- decisioning — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- declamation — a rhetorical or emotional speech, made esp in order to protest or condemn; tirade
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declensions — Plural form of declension.
- declination — the angular distance, esp in degrees, of a star, planet, etc, from the celestial equator measured north (positive) or south (negative) along the great circle passing through the celestial poles and the body
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment