10-letter words containing a, c, d, e
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- credential — something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
- creditable — A creditable performance or achievement is of a reasonably high standard.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crenelated — In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- crepitated — Simple past tense and past participle of crepitate.
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crispbread — Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.
- crop-eared — having the ears or hair cut short
- cross-fade — to fade in (one sound or picture source) as another is being faded out
- crossfader — (music) A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records.
- croustades — Plural form of croustade.
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cucullated — hooded; hood-shaped
- cul-de-sac — A cul-de-sac is a short road which is closed off at one end.
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- cultivated — If you describe someone as cultivated, you mean they are well educated and have good manners.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cuspidated — Alternative form of cuspidate.
- cut a deal — to come to an arrangement; make a deal
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- cypripedia — any plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
- d particle — D meson.
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- dalliances — A casual romantic or sexual relationship.
- damasceene — to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns
- damascened — of or relating to the city of Damascus.
- damascenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damascene.
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- dance band — a band of musicians playing music for dancing
- dance card — a schedule of appointments
- dance form — the binary form used in most of the movements of the 18th-century suite.
- dance hall — Dance halls were large rooms or buildings where people used to pay to go and dance, usually in the evening.
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- dancercise — an exercise system that uses dancing to improve fitness
- datacenter — a facility equipped with or connected to one or more computers, used for processing or transmitting data.
- datacentre — Alternative spelling of data centre.
- datacode i — (language) An early system used on the Datatron 200 series.
- day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon
- deaconries — Plural form of deaconry.