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11-letter words containing c, e, d

  • canary seed — birdseed.
  • cancellated — Anatomy. of spongy or porous structure, as bone.
  • candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candescence — glowing; incandescent.
  • candidacies — Plural form of candidacy.
  • candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
  • candidiases — Plural form of candidiasis.
  • candle-foot — foot-candle
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • candleflame — Flame of a candle.
  • candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
  • candlestand — a slender stand or table, often with a tripod base, for holding a candlestick or candelabrum.
  • candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
  • candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
  • candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
  • candy-assed — timid or cowardly; sissified.
  • canned heat — fuel packaged to be used in small cans for heating, as with chafing dishes or in portable stoves.
  • cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
  • capacitated — Simple past tense and past participle of capacitate.
  • caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
  • cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
  • capernoited — capricious
  • capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • capitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of capitalize.
  • capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
  • capped hock — any swelling, inflammatory or otherwise, on the point of the hock of horses.
  • capped pawn — a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker opponent odds.
  • capped-rate — having a fixed upper limit
  • caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
  • carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
  • carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
  • card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
  • card reader — a device, no longer widely used, for reading information on a punched card and transferring it to a computer
  • cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
  • cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
  • cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
  • carduaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Carduaceae, a subfamily of composite plants that includes the thistle
  • caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
  • carnationed — having the colour of flesh
  • carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
  • carry trade — a speculative transaction in which a trader buys the currency of a country with a high rate of interest and sells the currency of a country with a low rate of interest
  • cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
  • casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
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