11-letter words containing ad
- deadeningly — in a deadening manner
- deadenylase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction.
- deadenylate — (biochemistry, genetics) To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means.
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- deadly sins — the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth
- deadpanning — Present participle of deadpan.
- death adder — a venomous Australian elapid snake, Acanthophis antarcticus, resembling an adder
- death squad — Death squads are groups of people who operate illegally and carry out the killing of people such as their political opponents or criminals.
- decade-long — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
- degradative — causing degradation
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- deputy head — a vice-principal
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- desperadoes — Plural form of desperado.
- dhu el-qada — Islam. the eleventh month of the Muslim calendar.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- digitigrade — walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
- digladiator — a person who contends or fights
- dinner lady — female cook in school canteen
- dissuadable — That can be dissuaded.
- dope addict — Slang. a drug addict.
- dot address — An Internet address in dot notation.
- dot leaders — (text) A row of full stops intended to guide the reader's eye across the page from a column of variable length items on the left to the corresponding items in a column on the right. Used, for example, in the contents page of a book to tie a heading on the left to its page number on the right.
- dotted quad — dot notation
- downgrading — Present participle of downgrade.
- downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
- downloading — download
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- dragon-head — dragonhead.
- dreadlessly — in a dreadless manner
- dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
- dreadnaught — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- dreadnought — a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
- drug addict — a person who is addicted to a narcotic.
- dunderheads — Plural form of dunderhead.
- east meadow — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- eid-ul-adha — an annual Muslim festival marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca. Animals are sacrificed and their meat shared among the poor
- el salvador — country in Central America
- embarcadero — (rare) A quay; a wharf.
- eradicating — Present participle of eradicate.
- eradication — The complete destruction of something.
- eradicative — Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
- 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
- espadrilles — Plural form of espadrille.
- estremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
- extraditing — Present participle of extradite.
- extradition — The action of extraditing a person accused or convicted of a crime.
- extremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)