10-letter words containing c, h, e, d
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- chrome red — any red pigment used in paints, consisting of a mixture of lead chromate and lead oxide; basic lead chromate
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chundering — vomit.
- chunderous — nauseating
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of commend.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- coolheaded — not easily flustered; calm
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- 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.
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- 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.
- crotcheted — short-tempered
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- dance hall — Dance halls were large rooms or buildings where people used to pay to go and dance, usually in the evening.
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- dead march — a piece of solemn funeral music played to accompany a procession, esp at military funerals
- death camp — A death camp is a place where prisoners are kept, especially during a war, and where many of them die or are killed.
- death care — the products, services, and arrangements having to do with funerals and burials.
- death cell — a prison cell for criminals sentenced to death
- death code — A routine whose job is to set everything in the computer - registers, memory, flags - to zero, including that portion of memory where it is running; its last act is to stomp on its own "store zero" instruction. Death code isn't very useful, but writing it is an interesting hacking challenge on architectures where the instruction set makes it possible, such as the PDP-8 or the Data General Nova. Perhaps the ultimate death code is on the TI 990 series, where all registers are actually in RAM, and the instruction "store immediate 0" has the opcode 0. The program counter will immediately wrap around core as many times as it can until a user hits HALT. Any empty memory location is death code. Worse, the manufacturer recommended use of this instruction in startup code (which would be in ROM and therefore survive).
- deathcamas — any of various plants (genus Zigadenus) of the lily family, with grasslike basal leaves and clusters of greenish or white flowers: often poisonous to sheep
- deathmatch — (in wrestling) a match in which many of the normal rules do not apply, typically leading to a more violent contest.
- deathplace — the place at which a person dies: Lincoln is buried in Illinois, but his deathplace was Washington, D.C.
- deathwatch — a vigil held beside a dying or dead person
- debauchees — Plural form of debauchee.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- decadrachm — a silver coin of ancient Greece equal to 10 drachmas.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- 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.
- decathlete — a participant in a decathlon
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- deciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.