10-letter words containing c, o, n, d
- landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
- lemon curd — lemon paste made with eggs and sugar
- leucocidin — an exotoxin, produced by bacteria, that destroys leucocytes
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- lord acton — Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron) 1834–1902, English historian.
- low-necked — (of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- macedonian — a native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
- macrotrend — A large-scale trend.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- mastodonic — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- medication — the use or application of medicine.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- microdrone — a small remote-controlled unmanned flying object
- micronised — Simple past tense and past participle of micronise.
- micronized — Simple past tense and past participle of micronize.
- microtrend — A very small, specific trend or vogue.
- midsection — the middle section or part of anything.
- misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
- miscounted — Simple past tense and past participle of miscount.
- moccasined — Wearing moccasins.
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- modificand — a word that is modified, or qualified, by another. In red books, books is a modificand.
- monadnocks — Plural form of monadnock.
- monoacidic — (chemistry, of a base or alcohol) Having only one hydroxyl group to react with acids.
- monochords — Plural form of monochord.
- monohydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) monohydroxy.
- monospaced — Simple past tense and past participle of monospace.
- moon child — a person born under the zodiacal sign of Cancer.
- moon-faced — having a very round face, regarded as resembling a full moon.
- mucedinous — of or resembling mold or mildew.
- nanosecond — one billionth of a second. Abbreviation: ns, nsec.
- narcotised — Simple past tense and past participle of narcotise.
- narcotized — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- necropsied — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- necrotized — to undergo necrosis.
- needlecord — a corduroy fabric with narrow ribs
- nematocide — a substance or preparation used for killing nematodes parasitic to plants.
- nerve cord — a single hollow tract of nervous tissue that constitutes the central nervous system of chordates and develops into the spinal cord and brain in vertebrates.
- new comedy — Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage.
- nidicolous — remaining in the nest for a period after hatching.
- noncardiac — not related to the heart or to heart disease
- nonce word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- nonce-word — a word coined and used only for a particular occasion. Compare neologism (def 1).
- nondefence — not relating to defence, esp military defence
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- nonelected — chosen for a position or office without running in an election.
- noninduced — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.