11-letter words containing l, d, c
- arc welding — a technique in which metal is welded by heat generated by an electric arc struck between two electrodes or between one electrode and the metal workpiece
- armour-clad — wearing armour
- articulated — An articulated vehicle, especially a lorry, is made in two or more sections which are joined together by metal bars, so that the vehicle can turn more easily.
- artiodactyl — any placental mammal of the order Artiodactyla, having hooves with an even number of toes; an even-toed ungulate. The order includes pigs, hippopotamuses, camels, deer, cattle, and antelopes
- ascendantly — in an ascendant manner
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- atlas cedar — a cedar tree native to the Atlas Mountains
- audaciously — extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
- auriculated — (biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
- auscultated — Simple past tense and past participle of auscultate.
- bacchylides — flourished 5th century b.c, Greek poet.
- bachelordom — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- bacillicide — anything that kills a bacillus; a bactericide
- back-loaded — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- back-logged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- back-paddle — to propel a boat by paddling backward, as by using a stroke in the direction of stern to bow.
- backlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of backlight.
- backloading — to defer to a later date, as wages, benefits, or costs: The union agreed to back-load pay raises.
- backpedaled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of backpedal.
- backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
- backslashed — Simple past tense and past participle of backslash.
- backslidden — Past participle of backslide.
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- badderlocks — a seaweed, Alaria esculenta, that has long brownish-green fronds and is eaten in parts of N Europe
- baldacchino — baldachin
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- barefacedly — In a barefaced manner.
- bedclothing — bedclothes; bedding.
- belly dance — a sensuous and provocative dance of Middle Eastern origin, performed by women, with undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
- below decks — If someone or something is below decks, they are inside a ship in the part of it that is underneath the deck.
- bid welcome — to receive with cordial greetings
- bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
- binucleated — having two nuclei
- black alder — a deciduous shrub (Ilex verticillata) of the holly family, native to E North America, with glossy leaves that turn black in the fall and bright-red berries
- black bread — a kind of very dark coarse rye bread
- black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
- black dwarf — a cold, dark dwarf star
- black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
- black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
- black widow — an American spider, Latrodectus mactans, the female of which is black with red markings, highly venomous, and commonly eats its mate
- blackballed — to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
- blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
- blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
- bleed screw — A bleed screw is a type of tap or valve that helps to drain a hydraulic system, such as a brake system.
- block chord — a two-handed chord played usually in the middle range of the piano with the left hand duplicating or complementing the right-hand notes.
- block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
- blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
- blood count — Your blood count is the number of red and white cells in your blood. A blood count can also refer to a medical examination which determines the number of red and white cells in your blood.
- blood-caked — caked with blood
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.