10-letter words containing d, e, s, t
- butt heads — an extremely stupid or inept person.
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- candescent — glowing or starting to glow with heat
- candidates — Plural form of candidate.
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- cardcastle — a tower built with playing cards
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- case study — A case study is a written account that gives detailed information about a person, group, or thing and their development over a period of time.
- cast aside — If you cast aside someone or something, you get rid of them because they are no longer necessary or useful to you.
- castigated — Simple past tense and past participle of castigate.
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- catechised — Simple past tense and past participle of catechise.
- cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- centipedes — Plural form of centipede.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- certitudes — Plural form of certitude.
- cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
- chest cold — a cold mainly affecting the chest
- chesterbed — a sofa or chesterfield that opens into a bed.
- child seat — a type of child restraint consisting of a seat with safety features
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- clientside — Alternative spelling of client-side.
- climatised — to acclimate to a new environment.
- 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.
- closed set — a set that includes all the values obtained by application of a given operation to its members
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- cold steel — the use of bayonets, knives, etc, in combat
- cold store — A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it.
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- 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)
- composited — Simple past tense and past participle of composite.
- condensate — a substance formed by condensation, such as a liquid from a vapour
- condiments — something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.
- confidents — having strong belief or full assurance; sure: confident of fulfillment.
- consuetude — an established custom or usage, esp one having legal force
- 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.
- coresident — one of two or more computer programs stored in a computer memory simultaneously
- coruscated — Simple past tense and past participle of coruscate.
- cosmetized — to cosmeticize.
- cottonseed — the seed of the cotton plant: a source of oil and fodder
- cotyledons — Plural form of cotyledon.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period