10-letter words containing c, d, r, o
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- mediocrely — In a mediocre way.
- mediocrity — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- mesocardia — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- mesodermic — the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
- microblade — bladelet.
- microdrive — a type of memory card that has moving parts and can store large amounts of data
- microdroid — [Usenet] A Microsoft employee, especially one who posts to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups. MicroDroids post follow-ups to any messages critical of Microsoft's operating systems, and often end up sounding like visiting Mormon missionaries.
- microdrone — a small remote-controlled unmanned flying object
- microfarad — a unit of capacitance, equal to one millionth of a farad. Symbol: μF, μf. Abbreviation: mf., mfd.
- micronised — Simple past tense and past participle of micronise.
- micronized — Simple past tense and past participle of micronize.
- microsized — Greatly reduced in size.
- microtrend — A very small, specific trend or vogue.
- microwaved — Simple past tense and past participle of microwave.
- microworld — The world as it exists at a microscopic scale, subject to quantum effects etc. (from 20th c.).
- mid-course — the middle of a course.
- miscolored — to give a wrong color to.
- misericord — a room in a monastery set apart for those monks permitted relaxation of the monastic rule.
- mock-tudor — of architecture which imitates the style of the Tudor period
- 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.
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- monochords — Plural form of monochord.
- monohydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) monohydroxy.
- mordacious — biting or given to biting.
- morse code — either of two systems of clicks and pauses, short and long sounds, or flashes of light, used to represent the letters of the alphabet, numerals, etc.: now used primarily in radiotelegraphy by ham operators.
- motorcades — Plural form of motorcade.
- mower deck — cutter deck.
- murray cod — a large Australian freshwater fish, Maccullochella peeli, chiefly of the Murray and Darling rivers
- myocardial — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myocardium — the muscular substance of the heart.
- narcotised — Simple past tense and past participle of narcotise.
- narcotized — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necrotized — to undergo necrosis.
- needlecord — a corduroy fabric with narrow ribs
- nerve cord — a single hollow tract of nervous tissue that constitutes the central nervous system of chordates and develops into the spinal cord and brain in vertebrates.
- noncardiac — not related to the heart or to heart disease
- nonce word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- nonce-word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- notochords — Plural form of notochord.
- obstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of obstruct.
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- octandrian — relating to the classification Octandria or those plants that have eight stamens
- octreotide — (pharmacy) An octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically, though it is a more potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon and insulin than the natural hormone.
- old french — the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF.
- old permic — a subfamily of Finnic, comprising the modern languages Udmurt and Komi, spoken in northeastern European Russia, and fragmentary attestations of an earlier language (Old Permic) dating from the 15th century.
- old turkic — the Turkic languages or dialects spoken in Central Asia from the 8th to the 10th centuries.