11-letter words containing m, e, s, a
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- cream sauce — a white sauce made from cream, butter, etc
- creationism — Creationism is the belief that the account of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and that the theory of evolution is incorrect.
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- custom-made — If something is custom-made, it is made according to someone's special requirements.
- custom-make — to make according to the specifications of an individual buyer
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- damask rose — a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- 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.
- dampishness — the quality of being dampish
- damselflies — Plural form of damselfly.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- date mussel — any brown, date-sized marine mussel, genus Lithophaga, that bores into rock or coral.
- day jasmine — a West Indian shrub, Cestrum diurnum, of the nightshade family, having clusters of white flowers that are very fragrant by day.
- daydreamers — Plural form of daydreamer.
- de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
- dead-smooth — noting a double-cut metal file having the minimum commercial grade of coarseness.
- deaf-mutism — unable to hear and speak.
- decimalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimalize.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
- defamations — Plural form of defamation.
- dehumanised — Past participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanise.
- dehumanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanize.
- delassement — relaxation
- demagnetise — To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
- demagoguism — demagoguery.
- demand-side — of or relating to an economic policy that treats consumer demand as the chief determinant of the economy.
- demibastion — half a bastion, having only one flank, at right angles to the wall
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- demodulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demodulate.
- demoniacism — the state or practice of being possessed by a demon
- demonianism — the belief in possession by a demon
- demonstrant — demonstrator (def 2).
- demonstrate — If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- demoralised — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demoralise.
- demoralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demoralize.
- demutualise — If a building society or insurance company demutualises, it abandons its mutual status and becomes a limited company.