10-letter words containing a, d, m
- climatised — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatized — to acclimate to a new environment.
- coatimundi — The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a south American carnivore.
- codominant — (of genes) having both alleles expressed equally in the phenotype of the organism
- 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.
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- collimated — Simple past tense and past participle of collimate.
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- comandante — commandant.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- comedietta — a short comic stage or musical production
- comitadjis — members of any guerrilla band in the Balkan countries or Macedonia
- comm badge — a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest
- commandant — A commandant is an army officer in charge of a particular place or group of people.
- 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
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commanding — If you are in a commanding position or situation, you are in a strong or powerful position or situation.
- commandoes — Plural form of commando.
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- commutated — to reverse the direction of (a current or currents), as by a commutator.
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.
- 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
- coromandel — calamander
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- d'alembert — Jean Le Rond (ʒɑ̃ lə rɔ̃). 1717–83, French mathematician, physicist, and rationalist philosopher, noted for his contribution to Newtonian physics in Traité de dynamique (1743) and for his collaboration with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie
- dad's army — an affectionate or humorous term for the British Home Guard during World War II
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- dairy farm — a farm which has cows producing milk, rather than for beef
- dairymaids — Plural form of dairymaid.
- dairywoman — a woman who owns, manages, or works in a dairy.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- dalai lama — (until 1959) the chief lama and ruler of Tibet
- dalmatians — Plural form of dalmatian.
- damageable — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
- damagingly — In a damaging manner.
- damaraland — a plateau region of central Namibia, the traditional homeland of the Damara people
- 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.