10-letter words containing a, d, p, l
- cephalopod — any marine mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, characterized by well-developed head and eyes and a ring of sucker-bearing tentacles. The group also includes the octopuses, squids, cuttlefish, and pearly nautilus
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clappy-doo — a large black mussel
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- coal depot — a place at which coal may be deposited, stored, etc
- codswallop — If you describe something that someone has just said as codswallop, you mean that you think it is nonsense.
- cold-patch — to apply a cold patch to.
- 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.
- cradle cap — a form of seborrhoea of the scalp common in young babies
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- d particle — D meson.
- dall sheep — a wild sheep (Ovis dalli) with white hair and long spiral horns, living in the mountains of NW North America
- dasypaedal — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) having a covering of down
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- 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.
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- deathplace — the place at which a person dies: Lincoln is buried in Illinois, but his deathplace was Washington, D.C.
- deceptable — Vulnerable to deception.
- deck plate — a purlin plate at the edge of a deck.
- deep clean — an exceptionally intense cleaning process
- delipidate — To remove the lipids from.
- deoppilate — to remove obstructions (from)
- dependable — If you say that someone or something is dependable, you approve of them because you feel that you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly, or do what you need them to do.
- dependably — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depletable — to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- deportable — liable to deportation
- depravedly — in a depraved manner
- deprecable — able to be deprecated
- deprivable — Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
- depucelage — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- despecable — Misspelling of despicable.
- despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- despisable — deserving of being despised; despicable