10-letter words containing a, d, e, s
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- 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.
- 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.
- cul-de-sac — A cul-de-sac is a short road which is closed off at one end.
- cuspidated — Alternative form of cuspidate.
- daintiness — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dall sheep — a wild sheep (Ovis dalli) with white hair and long spiral horns, living in the mountains of NW North America
- 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.
- damoiselle — a damsel
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- damselfish — any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body
- dancercise — an exercise system that uses dancing to improve fitness
- dandelions — Plural form of dandelion.
- dangerless — Without danger.
- dapperness — neat; trim; smart: He looked very dapper in his new suit.
- daredevils — Plural form of daredevil.
- daringness — The state or quality of being daring.
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- dark slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- darknesses — Plural form of darknesse.
- dastardize — To make cowardly; to intimidate or dispirit.
- dasypaedal — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) having a covering of down
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- datasheets — Plural form of datasheet.
- date stamp — an adjustable rubber stamp for recording the date
- date-stamp — to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp: He date-stamped every letter received.
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- day sailer — a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations, suitable for short trips.
- de gasperi — Alcide (alˈtʃiːde). 1881–1954, Italian statesman; prime minister (1945–53). An antifascist, he led the Christian Democratic party during World War II from the Vatican City
- de-isolate — to remove from isolation.
- deaconries — Plural form of deaconry.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
- dead stock — farm equipment
- dead-stick — designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power