10-letter words containing d, i, a, c
- judicature — the administration of justice, as by judges or courts.
- judiciable — judicable.
- judicially — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- juiceheads — Plural form of juicehead.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kickstands — Plural form of kickstand.
- kiddie car — a toy vehicle for a small child, having three wheels and pushed with the feet.
- kincardine — a former county in E Scotland.
- kurdaitcha — (Australia) An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
- lackadaisy — alas
- lambdacism — excessive use of the sound l, its misarticulation, or its substitution for the sound r.
- larvacidal — Alternative spelling of larvicidal.
- larvicidal — an agent for killing larvae.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
- last-ditch — done finally in desperation to avoid defeat, failure, disaster, etc.: a last-ditch attempt to avert war.
- lead colic — painter's colic.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- line dance — a kind of partnerless dance in which the dancers stand side by side in a line or lines and perform, in unison, a series of set, often complex, steps to various kinds of popular music
- line-dance — to participate in a line dance.
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- macadamias — Plural form of macadamia.
- macadamise — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- macadamize — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
- macdiarmid — Hugh (Christopher Murray Grieve) 1892–1978, Scottish poet.
- macedonian — a native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
- machinated — Simple past tense and past participle of machinate.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macromedia — (company) A company supplying multimedia and interactive television services and digital arts software tools in the US and worldwide. They produce products for Microsoft Windows and the Macintosh including: Macromedia FreeHand, a tool for design and illustration; Macromedia Director, an animation and authoring tool for multimedia production; Authorware Professional, a multiplatform authoring tool for interactive learning; MacroModel, a 3D modelling tool for multimedia, graphics and product design; SoundEdit 16, a digital sound recording and editing system; Fontographer, a typeface editing programme; and Action!, a multimedia presentation application. Chief Executive Officer: Bud Colligan.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- magic wand — handheld stick for casting spells
- maledicent — ((archaic)) one who enjoys using slanderous language.
- maledicted — Simple past tense and past participle of maledict.
- malic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 4 H 6 O 5 , occurring in apples and other fruits and as an intermediate in animal metabolism.
- 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
- mandarinic — Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
- mariticide — The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
- masticated — Simple past tense and past participle of masticate.
- 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.
- matricidal — Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- mechanised — to make mechanical.
- mechanized — to make mechanical.
- mediagenic — having qualities or characteristics that are especially appealing or attractive when presented in the mass media: a mediagenic politician.
- mediascape — Communications media as a whole.
- medicalise — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.
- medicalize — to handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.