10-letter words containing a, c, r, d
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- chalkboard — A chalkboard is a dark-coloured board that you can write on with chalk. Chalkboards are often used by teachers in the classroom.
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- chandigarh — a city and Union Territory of N India, joint capital of the Punjab and Haryana: modern city planned in the 1950s by Le Corbusier. Pop: 808 796 (2001), of city; 900 414 (2001), of union territory. Area (of union territory): 114 sq km (44 sq miles)
- chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chargecard — A card, resembling a credit card, used for payment — especially for some specific product or service, as with a phonecard.
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- check card — debit card.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- child star — a child who attains celebrity status
- child-care — having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- churchyard — A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cicatrized — Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrize.
- cinderella — If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more.
- circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- cirrigrade — moving by means of hairlike appendages
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clarksdale — a city in NW Mississippi.
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clear-eyed — discerning; perceptive
- clearfield — a town in N Utah.
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clock card — a card used by employees to register their time of arrival at, and time of departure from, their workplace
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- cloud rack — a group of moving clouds
- cnidarians — Plural form of cnidarian.
- co-ordinal — belonging to the same order.
- coadjutors — Plural form of coadjutor.