11-letter words that end in d
- brown pound — the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group
- bubble card — blister pack.
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- buckskinned — made of buckskin
- buffer fund — money put aside to help alleviate the adverse short-term effects of something
- bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
- bull-necked — having a short thick neck
- bullet wood — the wood of a bully tree.
- bunco squad — an informal name for a police department dealing with fraud; fraud squad
- bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
- bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
- bush ballad — an old Australian bush poem in a ballad metre dealing with aspects of life and characters in the bush
- butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
- butterbread — bread spread with butter.
- butterfield — William. 1814–1900, British architect of the Gothic Revival; his buildings include Keble College, Oxford (1870) and All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1849–59)
- buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
- buy forward — If you buy forward, you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today.
- by the head — with the bow deeper in the water than the stern
- cabbagehead — cabbage1 (def 2).
- cabinetwood — any wood suitable for use in cabinetwork.
- cack-handed — If you describe someone as cack-handed, you mean that they handle things in an awkward or clumsy way.
- cadmium red — a pigment used in painting, consisting of the sulfide and the selinide of cadmium, characterized by its strong red or reddish color, excellent film-forming properties, and slow drying rate.
- caffeinated — with no natural caffeine removed
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- camouflaged — concealed or disguised
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorweed — vinegarweed.
- camphorwood — The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
- can't stand — find intolerable
- canary seed — birdseed.
- cancellated — Anatomy. of spongy or porous structure, as bone.
- candlestand — a slender stand or table, often with a tripod base, for holding a candlestick or candelabrum.
- candy-assed — timid or cowardly; sissified.
- cannabinoid — any of the narcotic chemical substances found in cannabin
- canyon wind — a nocturnal, down-canyon flow of air caused by the cooling of the canyon walls. Compare valley wind.
- cap in hand — If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you.
- capacitated — Simple past tense and past participle of capacitate.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- capernoited — capricious
- capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of capitalize.
- capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
- capric acid — a crystalline fatty acid, CH3(CH2)8COOH, occurring as a glyceride in natural fats and oils, used in making artificial fruit flavors, perfumes, etc.
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
- caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- carnationed — having the colour of flesh
- caro's acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
- cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.