11-letter words containing s, c, i, u
- cursiveness — the quality of being cursive
- cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- cushion cut — a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.
- cushionless — without a cushion
- 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.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- customizing — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cutlassfish — any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
- cuts no ice — If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
- cysticercus — an encysted larval form of many tapeworms, consisting of a head (scolex) inverted in a fluid-filled bladder
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- declivitous — fairly steep
- decursively — in a decursive manner
- decussating — Present participle of decussate.
- decussation — a decussating or being decussated
- deductibles — Plural form of deductible.
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- deliquesced — Simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce.
- denunciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denunciate.
- destructing — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dio cassius — ?155–?230 ad, Roman historian. His History of Rome covers the period of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire
- diplococcus — any of several spherical bacteria occurring in pairs, as Diplococcus pneumoniae.
- disaccustom — to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- disclosures — Plural form of disclosure.
- disco music — 70s dance music
- discolorous — (botany, of leaves) Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discounting — Present participle of discount.
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.