10-letter words containing c, h, e, d, i
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- decathexis — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- deciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decipherer — A person who deciphers.
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deck light — a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- dehiscence — a splitting open, as of a pod or anther, along definite structural lines
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
- direct hit — If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- disc wheel — a road wheel of a motor vehicle that has a round pressed disc in place of spokes
- discharged — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dischargee — a person who has been discharged, as from military service.
- discharger — Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm.
- discharges — Plural form of discharge.
- dischuffed — (New Zealand, British, informal) Very displeased or unsatisfied.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- disenchain — to set (a person) free from restraint
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- dispatched — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- dispatches — Plural form of dispatch.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- ditheistic — Of or pertaining to ditheism, the belief in two gods.
- ditheletic — of or relating to dithelism
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- docentship — privatdocent.
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- douchiness — (slang, derogatory) The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- enchiladas — Plural form of enchilada.
- enciphered — Simple past tense and past participle of encipher.