10-letter words containing d, e, c, n
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- challenged — If you say that someone is challenged in a particular way, you mean that they have a disability in that area. Challenged is often combined with inappropriate words for humorous effect.
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
- channelled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chargehand — a workman whose grade of responsibility is just below that of a foreman
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- chen duxiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
- chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
- chinwagged — Simple past tense and past participle of chinwag.
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chundering — vomit.
- chunderous — nauseating
- cimetidine — a drug used to suppress the formation of acid by the stomach and so to encourage the healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers. Formula: C10H16-N6S
- cinderella — If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more.
- cingulated — Having a cingulum.
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- clendinnen — Inga. 1934–2016. Australian historian and writer. Her books include Reading the Holocaust (1998) and Tiger's Eye – a Memoir (2000)
- clientside — Alternative spelling of client-side.
- clog dance — a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
- close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
- closed-end — of or pertaining to an investment company issuing a fixed number of shares which are traded on an exchange
- closedness — The property of being closed.
- closedowns — Plural form of closedown.
- cloud nine — a condition of great joy or bliss; euphoric state
- cloudiness — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- co-edition — a title published jointly by two publishers
- co-founder — a person who founds or establishes something with another.
- coadjacent — something that is adjacent to another thing in experience or thought
- cockneydom — cockneys considered together as a group
- codecenter — (programming) (Formerly Saber-C) A proprietary software development environment for C programs, offering an integrated toolkit for developing, testing, debugging and maintainance.
- coextended — Simple past tense and past participle of coextend.
- coffee and — coffee and a snack.
- coffee-and — coffee and a snack.
- cofounders — a person who founds or establishes something with another.