10-letter words containing c, o, d, a
- chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
- chionodoxa — any plant of the liliaceous genus Chionodoxa, of S Europe and W Asia
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clapboards — Plural form of clapboard.
- clappy-doo — a large black mussel
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clock card — a card used by employees to register their time of arrival at, and time of departure from, their workplace
- clog dance — a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- cloud base — the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer.
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cloud rack — a group of moving clouds
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
- co-ordinal — belonging to the same order.
- coachloads — Plural form of coachload.
- coadjacent — something that is adjacent to another thing in experience or thought
- coadjutant — cooperating
- coadjutors — Plural form of coadjutor.
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- coagulated — Subject to coagulation.
- coal depot — a place at which coal may be deposited, stored, etc
- coal field — an area containing significant coal deposits.
- coalfields — Plural form of coalfield.
- coarctated — Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- coastlands — Plural form of coastland.
- coastwards — in the direction of the coast
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coated pit — a clathrin-lined depression in the outer surface of a cell membrane, formed of receptors and their specific ligands, that becomes a coated vesicle upon endocytosis.
- coatimundi — The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a south American carnivore.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cobb salad — a salad consisting mainly of chopped lettuce, chicken, cheddar, egg, bacon, avocado, vinaigrette, and blue cheese
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."