10-letter words containing c, n, d
- descending — When a group of things is listed or arranged in descending order, each thing is smaller or less important than the thing before it.
- descension — the action of descending; descent
- desciption — Misspelling of description.
- describent — (geometry) A generatrix.
- describing — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- desiccants — Plural form of desiccant.
- desipience — folly; silliness
- desistance — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- desistence — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- detections — Plural form of detection.
- detergency — cleansing power
- deterrence — Deterrence is the prevention of something, especially war or crime, by having something such as weapons or punishment to use as a threat.
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- diaconicon — (in church architecture) a room where things used during the church service are stored, such as vestments; sacristy
- diagenetic — the physical and chemical changes occurring in sediments between the times of deposition and solidification.
- diagnostic — Diagnostic equipment, methods, or systems are used for discovering what is wrong with people who are ill or with things that do not work properly.
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dicationic — (chemistry) Having two missing electrons.
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dictations — Plural form of dictation.
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dicynodont — any of various extinct Triassic mammal-like reptiles having a single pair of tusklike teeth
- dieticians — Plural form of dietician.
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- differency — difference
- diffidence — the quality or state of being diffident.
- diffluence — the act of flowing off or away.
- digoneutic — producing offspring twice yearly
- diligences — Plural form of diligence.
- dining car — a railroad car equipped with tables and chairs, in which meals are served.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- diocletian — (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- directions — the act or an instance of directing.
- directness — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- disadvance — to stop or cause to stop advancing
- discarding — Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.
- discarnate — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.