11-letter words containing s, a, c, d
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family
- dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- eicosanoids — Plural form of eicosanoid.
- elasticated — (of a garment or material) made elastic by the insertion of rubber thread or tape.
- elasticised — Simple past tense and past participle of elasticise.
- elasticized — Simple past tense and past participle of elasticize.
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
- encompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of encompass.
- endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
- epidiascope — An optical projector capable of giving images of both opaque and transparent objects.
- escadrilles — Plural form of escadrille.
- escape road — a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn
- eviscerated — Disembowel (a person or animal).
- exceedances — Plural form of exceedance.
- fanaticised — Simple past tense and past participle of fanaticise.
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- feudalistic — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- fiduciaries — Plural form of fiduciary.
- fiscal drag — the process by which, during inflation, rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets, so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
- forced sale — a sale held as a result of a judicial order.
- fratricides — Plural form of fratricide.
- frescobaldi — Girolamo [jee-raw-lah-maw] /dʒiˈrɔ lɑ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1583–1643, Italian organist and composer.
- fresh-faced — having a healthy or ruddy appearance
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gatecrashed — Simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- glass-faced — having the front or outer surfaces covered with glass.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- good graces — If you are in someone's good graces, they are pleased with you.
- grand-scale — of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.: grand-scale efforts; a grand-scale approach.
- grandnieces — Plural form of grandniece.
- granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
- half-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
- hand scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hand-stitch — to stitch or sew by hand.
- handicrafts — Plural form of handicraft.