11-letter words containing p, e, d, i, c
- credit slip — A credit slip is the same as a credit note.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- decapitated — With the head removed.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- deceptively — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decomposing — Present participle of decompose.
- decomposite — a composite element that is itself composed of other elements
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- deep-voiced — having a voice that is low in pitch: a deep-voiced young man.
- delphically — in an ambiguous manner; obscurely
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- deprecating — A deprecating attitude, gesture, or remark shows that you think that something is not very good, especially something associated with yourself.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecative — serving to deprecate; deprecatory.
- depreciable — able to be depreciated for tax deduction
- depreciated — Simple past tense and past participle of depreciate; reduced in value over time.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- despatching — Present participle of despatch.
- dexiotropic — (of cleavage) spiral; twisting in a spiral fashion from left to right
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichroscope — an instrument for investigating the dichroism of solutions or crystals
- dill pickle — a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- discerpible — Capable of being discerped.
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- discerptive — capable of being discerped
- disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- discipliner — Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.