11-letter words containing r, a, c, o
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- curry favor — to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- cyclostylar — (architecture) Of or pertaining to a cyclostyle (a circular group of columns without a core).
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dacryorrhea — excessive flow of tears.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- 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.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
- decahedrons — Plural form of decahedron.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decarbonate — to remove carbon dioxide from (a solution, substance, etc)
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarators — Plural form of declarator.
- declaratory — (of a statute) stating the existing law on a particular subject; explanatory
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- decolorants — Plural form of decolorant.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decorrelate — To reduce the correlation between signals.
- decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
- delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.