10-letter words containing d, i, e, l
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- bouldering — rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
- bowdlerise — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerism — to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
- bowdlerize — To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
- bowldering — pavement made with small boulders.
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
- brickfield — an area of ground where bricks are made
- bridalveil — a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, California. 620 feet (189 meters) high.
- bridezilla — a woman whose behaviour in planning the details of her wedding is regarded as intolerable
- bridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgewall — (in a furnace or boiler) a transverse baffle that serves to deflect products of combustion.
- bridlewise — (of a horse) obedient to the pressure of the reins on the neck rather than to the bit
- brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
- brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- cable-laid — (of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- calcedonio — a type of Venetian opaque glassware, with veins of colour, intended to imitate chalcedony
- calcimined — Simple past tense and past participle of calcimine.
- caledonian — of or relating to Scotland
- calibrated — marked with units
- candelilla — either of two wax-coated Mexican shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis (or bracteatus)
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carnalized — Simple past tense and past participle of carnalize.
- cartelized — Simple past tense and past participle of cartelize.
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- celadonite — a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- celandines — Plural form of celandine.
- celeripede — (historical, also used attributively) An early form of the bicycle, consisting of two wheels of equal diameter attached by a wooden bar and lacking either pedals or a means of steering.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- chalcidice — a peninsula of N central Greece, in Macedonia Central, ending in the three promontories of Kassandra, Sithonia, and Akti. Area: 2945 sq km (1149 sq miles)
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- child seat — a type of child restraint consisting of a seat with safety features
- child wife — a very young wife.
- child-care — having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed