11-letter words containing d, e, c, l, i
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
- charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
- chilled out — relaxed
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- cider-apple — a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
- cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
- ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
- civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- classicized — Simple past tense and past participle of classicize.
- classifieds — The classifieds are the same as classified ad.
- cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
- clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
- clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
- closefisted — stingy
- code police — (humour) (By analogy with George Orwell's "Thought Police" in "1984") A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that enforce programming style rules. Used ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common.
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold chisel — a toughened steel chisel
- cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
- color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
- color-field — designating or of a style of abstract painting in which colors are applied to a canvas, often in large patches, with little variation in tone and little emphasis on form
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- comedically — from a comedic point of view or in a comedic manner
- committedly — In a committed manner; with commitment.
- complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- conceitedly — having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.
- conciliated — to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor.
- condensible — capable of being condensed.
- condimental — relating to or belonging to a condiment
- condisciple — a fellow disciple or a fellow student
- conductible — personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.