10-letter words containing a, l, m, d
- bemedalled — wearing or adorned with many medals: a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.
- bimodality — the state of being bimodal
- biomedical — Biomedical research examines the effects of drugs and medical techniques on the biological systems of living creatures.
- bipedalism — the condition or state of having two feet
- black mold — any fungus of the family Mucoraceae, especially Rhizopus nigricans, that forms a black, furry coating on foodstuffs.
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- blood meal — the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent.
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- bottomland — a lowland alluvial area near a river
- bread mold — any of an order (Mucorales, esp. Rhizopus nigricans) of fungi often found on decaying vegetable matter or bread
- calamander — the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae
- calamondin — a small citrus tree, Citrus mitis, of the Philippines
- calcimined — Simple past tense and past participle of calcimine.
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- camelopard — giraffe
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
- chlamydate — (of some molluscs) possessing a mantle
- chlamydiae — the sexually transmitted diseases that are due to the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis
- chlamydial — of or relating to infections caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.
- 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.
- climatised — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatized — to acclimate to a new environment.
- 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.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- 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.
- coromandel — calamander
- 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
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- 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