11-letter words containing n, u, c
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- diurnal arc — the portion of the diurnal circle that is above the horizon at a given point.
- diving duck — any of numerous ducks, common in coastal bays and river mouths, that typically dive from the water's surface for their food (contrasted with dabbling duck).
- dockominium — a dock or boat slip bought and sold as real property.
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- documenting — Present participle of document.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
- donut peach — fruit
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- douchecanoe — (vulgar, slang, pejorative) A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
- doxorubicin — a cytotoxic antibiotic, C 27 H 29 NO 11 , derived from a variety of the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius and used in the treatment of sarcoma, malignant lymphoma, acute leukemia, and other cancers.
- dracunculus — A fish, the dragonet.
- druckenness — the state of being drunk
- du guesclin — Bertrand [ber-trahn] /bɛrˈtrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), ("the Eagle of Brittany") c1320–80, French military leader: constable of France 1370–80.
- duck typing — (programming) A term coined by Dave Thomas for a kind of dynamic typing typical of some programming languages, such as Smalltalk, Ruby or Visual FoxPro, where a variable's run-time value determines the operations that can be performed on it. The term comes from the "duck test": if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Duck typing considers the methods to which a value responds and the attributes it posesses rather than its relationship to a type hierarchy. This encourages greater polymorphism because types are enforced as late as possible.
- duncanville — a town in N Texas.
- dundee cake — a fairly rich fruit cake decorated with almonds
- duns scotus — John ("Doctor Subtilis") 1265?–1308, Scottish scholastic theologian.
- duo-decagon — dodecagon.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicating — Present participle of duplicate.
- duplication — an act or instance of duplicating.
- duplicident — (of certain animals, such as rabbits) having two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw
- dutch lunch — an individual portion or serving of cold cuts.
- dutch uncle — a person who criticizes or reproves with unsparing severity and frankness.
- dysfunction — Medicine/Medical. malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of the body.
- ecoconsumer — A consumer who makes purchasing decisions partly or largely on the basis of ecological issues.
- ecumenicism — ecumenicalism; ecumenism.
- ecumenicist — a person who advocates Christian ecumenicity.
- ecumenicity — (in the Christian church) the state of being ecumenically united, especially in furthering the aims of the ecumenical movement.
- educational — pertaining to education.
- ejaculating — Present participle of ejaculate.
- ejaculation — The action of ejecting semen from the body.
- elucidating — Present participle of elucidate.
- elucidation — Explanation that makes something clear; clarification.
- emparlaunce — an act of parleying or conferring
- emunctories — Plural form of emunctory.
- encapsulate — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- encapturing — Present participle of encapture.
- encountered — Simple past tense and past participle of encounter.
- encounterer — One who encounters; an opponent or antagonist.
- encouraging — Giving someone support or confidence; supportive.
- encrustment — an outer layer of crust
- enculturate — (transitive) To subject to enculturation.
- encumbering — Present participle of encumber.
- encumbrance — A burden or impediment.
- end product — result of a process
- endocardium — The thin, smooth membrane that lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves.