10-letter words containing a, n, c, r, d
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- confederal — being or of a confederation of independent nations or states
- 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
- conrad iii — 1093–1152, king of Germany 1138–52; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire: founder of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
- contadoran — a member nation of the Contadora Group: action taken by the Contadorans.
- contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- contrasted — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- corn bread — a baked or fried flat bread made with cornmeal and, variously, milk or water, flour, eggs, sugar, etc.
- corn salad — any valerianaceous plant of the genus Valerianella, esp the European species V. locusta, which often grows in cornfields and whose leaves are sometimes used in salads
- cornbrandy — any of various alcoholic spirits made from grain, esp whisky
- coromandel — calamander
- coronalled — a crown; coronet.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- cradleland — The region where something, especially a race of people, originated.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crandalled — Simple past tense and past participle of crandall.
- cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crash-land — If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
- credential — something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
- crenelated — In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crossandra — any shrub of the free-flowering mostly African genus Crossandra, grown in greenhouses for their large yellow, lilac, or orange flowers: family Acanthaceae
- crossbands — Plural form of crossband.
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- dance card — a schedule of appointments
- dance form — the binary form used in most of the movements of the 18th-century suite.
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- dancercise — an exercise system that uses dancing to improve fitness
- datacenter — a facility equipped with or connected to one or more computers, used for processing or transmitting data.
- datacentre — Alternative spelling of data centre.
- deaconries — Plural form of deaconry.
- decaborane — (inorganic compound) The stable borane B10H14.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- decandrian — having or characterized by ten stamens or male organs in flowers
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.