11-letter words containing n, d, o, u
- 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.
- coupon bond — a bond, usually a bearer bond, that pays interest by means of coupons with specific cash values.
- 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.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
- 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.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- deevolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- deglutition — the act of swallowing
- degustation — the act of sampling a wide variety of foods, wines, etc.
- 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
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- delusionist — a person prone to delusions
- demagoguing — a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- denouements — Plural form of denouement.
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- deobstruent — a drug which removes obstructions in the body by aiding the opening of ducts
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depollution — to eliminate, clean up, or decrease pollution in (an area).
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- destitution — Destitution is the state of having no money or possessions.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound