9-letter words containing c, n, d
- escondido — city in S Calif., near San Diego: pop. 134,000
- ethnocide — The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group.
- euclidean — (rare) alternative spelling of Euclidean.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- evanesced — Simple past tense and past participle of evanesce.
- evidenced — Simple past tense and past participle of evidence.
- evidences — Plural form of evidence.
- exceeding — Very great.
- exchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of exchange.
- excluding — Not taking someone or something into account; apart from; except.
- eye candy — sb, sth attractive
- face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- falconoid — an antioxidant compound found in tea and thought to resist cancer
- fan dance — a solo dance performed by a nude or nearly nude woman using fans for covering.
- fancified — to make fancy or fanciful; dress up; embellish.
- fancy dan — a flashy, ostentatious person, often one who lacks real skill, etc.
- fecundate — to make prolific or fruitful.
- fecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- foodchain — Alternative spelling of food chain.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- fungicide — a substance or preparation, as a spray or dust, used for destroying fungi.
- gasconade — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- genocidal — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- genocider — One who commits genocide.
- genocides — Plural form of genocide.
- goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
- grand cru — See under cru.
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- hacendado — the owner of a hacienda.
- haciendas — Plural form of hacienda.
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- hand back — return, give back
- hand hack — (jargon) 1. (Or "hand cruft") To Translate a hot spot of a program in a HLL into assembly language by hand, as opposed to trying to coerce the compiler into generating better code. Both the term and the practice are becoming uncommon. See tune, bum. 2. More generally, manual construction or patching of data sets that would normally be generated by a translation utility and interpreted by another program, and aren't really designed to be read or modified by humans.
- hand-pick — to pick by hand.
- handcarry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- handcarts — Plural form of handcart.
- handclaps — Plural form of handclap.
- handclasp — a gripping of hands by two or more people, as in greeting, parting, making a commitment, or expressing affection.
- handcraft — handicraft.
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handicaps — Plural form of handicap.
- handpiece — The part of a dental drill, surgical instrument, etc. that is held in the hand.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- hat dance — a Mexican folk dance in which the man places his sombrero on the ground as an offer of love and the woman dances on the hat's brim and then places the hat on her head to indicate her acceptance of him.
- headcanon — (fandom slang) Elements and interpretations of a fictional universe accepted by an individual fan, but not found within or supported by the official canon.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- henpecked — browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.