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11-letter words containing r, o, a, d, u

  • broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
  • buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
  • call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
  • cardophagus — a donkey
  • carduaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Carduaceae, a subfamily of composite plants that includes the thistle
  • cassiodorus — Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 ad, Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths
  • catadromous — (of fishes such as the eel) migrating down rivers to the sea in order to breed
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • chaud-froid — a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
  • clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
  • cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
  • cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
  • coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
  • coast guard — The coast guard is a part of a country's military forces and is responsible for protecting the coast, carrying out rescues, and doing police work along the coast.
  • color guard — the persons carrying and escorting the colors (flag) in a parade, ceremony, etc.
  • come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
  • cote d'azur — the Mediterranean coast of France, including the French Riviera: forms an administrative region with Provence
  • cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
  • counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
  • countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
  • counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
  • countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
  • court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
  • crap around — Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
  • curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
  • 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.
  • dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
  • de beauvoir — Simone (simɔn). 1908–86, French existentialist novelist and feminist, whose works include Le Sang des autres (1944), Le Deuxième Sexe (1949), and Les Mandarins (1954)
  • dear-bought — having been purchased at great expense
  • deauthorize — to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
  • decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
  • decurvation — the act of curving downwards
  • degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
  • delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
  • demagoguery — the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
  • demodulator — a device used in demodulation
  • demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
  • depopulator — a thing that causes a decrease in population
  • deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
  • deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
  • deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
  • dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
  • diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
  • diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
  • dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
  • dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
  • dinosaurian — pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.
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