11-letter words containing a, d
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- charge card — A charge card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. Compare credit card.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- chaud-froid — a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
- chauffeured — driven by a chauffeur
- cheat death — If you say that someone cheats death, you mean they only just avoid being killed.
- checkmarked — to indicate by a check mark.
- cheerleader — A cheerleader is one of the people who leads the crowd in cheering at a large public event, especially a sports event.
- cheese-head — denoting or relating to a screw or bolt with a cylindrical slotted head
- cheeseboard — A cheeseboard is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheque card — In Britain, a cheque card or a cheque guarantee card is a small plastic card given to you by your bank and which you have to show when you are paying for something by cheque or when you are cashing a cheque at another bank.
- chess-board — the board, identical with a checkerboard, used for playing chess.
- chessboards — Plural form of chessboard.
- chickabiddy — a term of endearment, esp for a child
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- child actor — an actor who is a child
- child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chinic acid — quinic acid.
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chitchatted — Simple past tense and past participle of chitchat.
- chittamwood — American smoke tree.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chol hamoed — the middle days of the festivals of Passover and Sukkoth, on which necessary work is permitted
- choledochal — Related to the bile duct.
- cholic acid — crystalline acid found in bile
- chord chart — a chart indicating by means of symbols the identity, sequence, and duration of the musical chords occurring in the accompaniment to a melody.
- chord organ — an electronic organ having a small keyboard for the right hand and for the left hand a set of buttons each of which produces a full chord when pushed.
- chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
- choreodrama — dance drama performed by a group
- chowderhead — a fool or an idiot
- chrysalidal — relating to a chrysalis or stage in the development of an insect
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
- chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
- churchwards — in the direction of the church
- churchyards — Plural form of churchyard.
- cider-apple — a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
- cinematized — Simple past tense and past participle of cinematize.
- citric acid — Citric acid is a weak acid found in many kinds of fruit, especially citrus fruit such as oranges and lemons.
- ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
- civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
- cladophylls — Plural form of cladophyll.
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.