9-letter words containing c, n, d
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- chandelle — an abrupt climbing turn almost to the point of stalling, in which an aircraft's momentum is used to increase its rate of climb
- chandlers — Plural form of chandler.
- chandlery — the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- chastened — subdued; humbled
- cheapened — Simple past tense and past participle of cheapen.
- chickened — Simple past tense and past participle of chicken.
- chidingly — In a chiding manner.
- chidlings — the intestines of an animal, esp a pig, prepared as food
- childline — a telephone helpline for children in distress or danger
- childmind — To look after children while their parents are absent.
- childness — the nature or character of a child
- childrens — (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard) Plural form of child.
- chimneyed — Containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney.
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chondroid — cartilaginous or similar to cartilage
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- chop down — If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
- chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- chowhound — a greedy person or a person who loves eating
- chundered — Simple past tense and past participle of chunder.
- chuntered — Simple past tense and past participle of chunter.
- ci-devant — (esp of an office-holder) former; recent
- cinctured — Simple past tense and past participle of cincture.
- cindering — Present participle of cinder.
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- circadian — of or relating to biological processes that occur regularly at about 24-hour intervals, even in the absence of periodicity in the environment
- cisgender — of or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds to their assigned birth gender
- cispadane — on this (the southern) side of the River Po, as viewed from Rome
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- cleveland — a former county of NE England formed in 1974 from parts of E Durham and N Yorkshire; replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool (Durham), Stockton-on-Tees (Durham), Middlesbrough (North Yorkshire) and Redcar and Cleveland (North Yorkshire)
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- clip bond — a form of brickwork raking bond for a facing of all stretchers, in which the stretchers are tied in to the backing every few courses by diagonally set bricks that project from the backing into angles made by cutting off the concealed corners of the face brick.
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- club hand — a deformity of the hand, analogous to club foot
- clubhands — Plural form of clubhand.
- clunkhead — a stupid or foolish person.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- cnidarian — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria, which comprises the coelenterates
- cnidocils — Plural form of cnidocil.