10-letter words containing d, e, s, c, r
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- codiscover — to discover jointly
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- cofounders — a person who founds or establishes something with another.
- cold store — A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it.
- cold-store — to store in cold storage.
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- colorslide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- commanders — Plural form of commander.
- commodores — Plural form of commodore.
- compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
- condemners — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- condensers — Plural form of condenser.
- condensery — a factory where condensed milk is produced
- congressed — (initial capital letter) the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution. this body as it exists for a period of two years during which it has the same membership: the Ninety-Seventh Congress. a session of this body: to speak in Congress.
- conscribed — Simple past tense and past participle of conscribe.
- considered — A considered opinion or act is the result of careful thought.
- considerer — One who considers.
- contenders — Plural form of contender.
- contrasted — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- cordeliers — a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
- coresident — one of two or more computer programs stored in a computer memory simultaneously
- cornfields — Plural form of cornfield.
- correspond — If one thing corresponds to another, there is a close similarity or connection between them. You can also say that two things correspond.
- coruscated — Simple past tense and past participle of coruscate.
- cosmodrome — a site, esp one in the former Soviet Union, from which spacecraft are launched
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- creditless — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- crescendos — Plural form of crescendo.
- crescented — having the shape of a crescent
- crispbread — Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.
- criticised — to censure or find fault with.
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
- cropduster — an aeroplane used to spray crops with fertilizer or insecticide
- cross-eyed — Someone who is cross-eyed has eyes that seem to look towards each other.
- cross-fade — to fade in (one sound or picture source) as another is being faded out
- crossbreed — to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc
- crossdress — Alternative spelling of cross-dress.
- crossfader — (music) A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records.