10-letter words containing a, n, d, r, o
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- carronades — Plural form of carronade.
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- co-ordinal — belonging to the same order.
- cold-drawn — (of metal wire, bars, etc) having been drawn unheated through a die to reduce dimensions, toughen, and improve surface finish
- coloradoan — a state in the W United States. 104,247 sq. mi. (270,000 sq. km). Capital: Denver. Abbreviation: CO (for use with zip code), Col., Colo.
- commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
- commanders — Plural form of commander.
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- concordant — being in agreement: harmonious
- concordats — Plural form of concordat.
- concordial — characterized by concord
- 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.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- 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