10-letter words containing a, l, c, i, d
- indictably — liable to being indicted, as a person.
- induceable — Capable of being induced.
- ineducable — incapable of being educated, especially because of some condition, as mental retardation or emotional disturbance.
- injudicial — lacking judgement; injudicious
- inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- interlaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interlace.
- island arc — a curved chain of islands, as the Aleutians or Antilles, usually convex toward the ocean and enclosing a deep-sea basin.
- italicised — to print in italic type.
- italicized — to print in italic type.
- judiciable — judicable.
- judicially — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- lackadaisy — alas
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- larvacidal — Alternative spelling of larvicidal.
- larvicidal — an agent for killing larvae.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
- last-ditch — done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last-ditch attempt to avert war.
- lead colic — painter's colic.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- line dance — a kind of partnerless dance in which the dancers stand side by side in a line or lines and perform, in unison, a series of set, often complex, steps to various kinds of popular music
- line-dance — to participate in a line dance.
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- maledicent — ((archaic)) one who enjoys using slanderous language.
- maledicted — Simple past tense and past participle of maledict.
- malic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 O 5 , occurring in apples and other fruits and as an intermediate in animal metabolism.
- matricidal — Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
- medicalise — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- medicalize — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- medicinals — Plural form of medicinal.
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- microblade — bladelet.
- midchannel — (geography) In the middle of a channel.
- misdeclare — to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms: to declare one's position in a controversy.
- mislocated — to misplace.
- modacrylic — designating or of any of various synthetic fibers that resist combustion, made from long-chain polymers composed primarily of acrylonitrile modified by other polymers: used in making fabrics, carpets, etc.
- multifaced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- myocardial — the muscular substance of the heart.
- nonmedical — of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: medical history; medical treatment.
- occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- old slavic — Old Church Slavonic.
- oleic acid — a colorless, odorless, liquid, water-insoluble, unsaturated acid, C 1 8 H 3 4 O 2 , obtained from animal tallow and natural vegetable oils, in which it occurs as the glycerol ester: used chiefly in the manufacture of soap, commercial oleates, and cosmetics.
- oscillated — Simple past tense and past participle of oscillate.
- pack drill — a military punishment by which the offender is made to march about carrying a full pack of equipment