11-letter words that end in de
- donkey ride — a ride on the back of a donkey, esp for recreation
- dorian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D.
- double tide — agger (def 1).
- double-tide — Also called double tide. Oceanography. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- double-wide — twice the usual width: double-wide mobile homes consisting of two sections bolted together.
- episulphide — (organic chemistry) A class of organic compound analogous to epoxides in which a sulphur atom replaces the oxygen.
- ethionamide — an antibiotic used in treating tuberculosis
- fanfaronade — bragging; bravado; bluster.
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- field guide — a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.
- fifth grade — the fifth year of school, when children are ten or eleven years old
- finasteride — a drug, C 23 H 36 N 2 O 2 , that inhibits testosterone metabolism, used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and male-pattern baldness.
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- five-a-side — a version of soccer with five players on each side
- formal mode — the style in which words are explicitly mentioned rather than used of their subject matter. "Fido" is a dog's name is in the formal mode, while "Fido is a dog" is in the material mode
- fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
- furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- garnet jade — a green grossularite, used as a gem: not a true jade.
- get it made — to be assured of success
- ghetto code — (humour, programming) A particularly inelegant and obviously suboptimal section of code that still meets the original requirements.
- giganticide — the slaughter of giants
- glimepiride — A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
- grand monde — fashionable society; high society
- half-decade — a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806.
- harbourside — An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc).
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- horse-trade — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- in the nude — naked
- incertitude — uncertainty or doubtfulness.
- infanticide — the act of killing an infant.
- ingratitude — the state of being ungrateful; unthankfulness.
- insecticide — a substance or preparation used for killing insects.
- inter-trade — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- ionian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C.
- iproclozide — A hydrazine drug previously used as an antidepressant, known to cause fulminant hepatitis.
- ivory trade — the (esp illegal) trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- jolie laide — a woman whose ugliness forms her chief fascination
- laterigrade — having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab.
- leflunomide — An inhibitor of pyrimidine synthesis, used to treat some forms of arthritis.
- legacy code — legacy system
- liberticide — destruction of liberty.
- light guide — optical fiber.
- lipopeptide — (biochemistry) An organic compound of lipids and peptides.
- lydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from F to F.