11-letter words containing s, a, d, i
- clostridial — any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- comraderies — camaraderie.
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- confidantes — Plural form of confidante.
- confiscated — Take or seize (someone's property) with authority.
- considerate — Someone who is considerate pays attention to the needs, wishes, or feelings of other people.
- consociated — Simple past tense and past participle of consociate.
- consolidate — If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure.
- constipated — Someone who is constipated has difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from their body.
- constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
- contradicts — Deny the truth of (a statement), esp. by asserting the opposite.
- coon rapids — a city in E Minnesota.
- coordinates — clothes of matching or harmonious colours and design, suitable for wearing together
- cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.
- cordilleras — mountain system of W North America, including all mountains between the E Rockies & the Pacific coast
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- 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.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- 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.
- daisy chain — A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace.
- daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- dampishness — the quality of being dampish
- damselflies — Plural form of damselfly.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- danger list — on
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- danish loaf — a large white loaf with a centre split having the top crust dusted with flour, esp one baked on the sole of the oven
- darlingness — the quality or characteristic of being darling, sweet, or charming
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- das kapital — a work (1867) by Karl Marx, dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based.
- dasht-i-lut — a desert plateau in central and E central Iran
- dastardized — Simple past tense and past participle of dastardize.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- day jasmine — a West Indian shrub, Cestrum diurnum, of the nightshade family, having clusters of white flowers that are very fragrant by day.
- de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
- deaccession — to sell (a work of art) from a museum's or gallery's collections, especially with a view to acquiring funds for the purchase of other works.