10-letter words containing a, r, d, e, c
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cicatrized — Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrize.
- cinderella — If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more.
- circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- cirrigrade — moving by means of hairlike appendages
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.
- clarksdale — a city in NW Mississippi.
- clear-eyed — discerning; perceptive
- clearfield — a town in N Utah.
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- coarctated — Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate.
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- 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.
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- 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
- confederal — being or of a confederation of independent nations or states
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- 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.
- cooperated — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- copyreader — a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor
- coradicate — (of multiple words) derived from the same root
- cordialize — to become warm and friendly
- cordillera — a series of parallel ranges of mountains, esp in the northwestern US
- 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.
- coromandel — calamander
- coronalled — a crown; coronet.
- corporated — Simple past tense and past participle of corporate.
- correlated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- corriedale — a breed of sheep reared for both wool and meat, originally developed in New Zealand and Australia
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
- corticated — having a cortex.
- coruscated — Simple past tense and past participle of coruscate.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs