10-letter words containing a, c, r, d
- coarctated — Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- coastwards — in the direction of the coast
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- cold cream — an emulsion of water and fat used cosmetically for softening and cleansing the skin
- cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
- cold start — the reloading of a program or operating system
- cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- collarstud — a stud that is used to attach a removable collar to a shirt
- coloradoan — a state in the W United States. 104,247 sq. mi. (270,000 sq. km). Capital: Denver. Abbreviation: CO (for use with zip code), Col., Colo.
- commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
- commanders — Plural form of commander.
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- concordant — being in agreement: harmonious
- concordats — Plural form of concordat.
- concordial — characterized by concord
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- confederal — being or of a confederation of independent nations or states
- confirmand — a candidate for confirmation
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- conrad iii — 1093–1152, king of Germany 1138–52; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire: founder of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
- contadoran — a member nation of the Contadora Group: action taken by the Contadorans.
- contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- contrasted — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- cooperated — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- copyreader — a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor
- coradicate — (of multiple words) derived from the same root
- cord grass — any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal regions.
- cordiality — warmth of feeling
- cordialize — to become warm and friendly
- cordillera — a series of parallel ranges of mountains, esp in the northwestern US
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- corkboards — Plural form of corkboard.
- corn bread — a baked or fried flat bread made with cornmeal and, variously, milk or water, flour, eggs, sugar, etc.
- corn salad — any valerianaceous plant of the genus Valerianella, esp the European species V. locusta, which often grows in cornfields and whose leaves are sometimes used in salads
- cornbrandy — any of various alcoholic spirits made from grain, esp whisky
- coromandel — calamander
- coronalled — a crown; coronet.