11-letter words containing a, c, e, n, d
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- candlestand — a slender stand or table, often with a tripod base, for holding a candlestick or candelabrum.
- candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
- candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- candy-assed — timid or cowardly; sissified.
- canned heat — fuel packaged to be used in small cans for heating, as with chafing dishes or in portable stoves.
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- capernoited — capricious
- capped pawn — a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker opponent odds.
- carbamidine — guanidine.
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
- cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
- cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
- carnationed — having the colour of flesh
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
- case ending — a suffix on an inflected noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function.
- case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- census data — the data generated by an official census
- centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralized — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- centreboard — a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering
- chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- cinematized — Simple past tense and past participle of cinematize.
- cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.