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11-letter words containing d, i, e, l

  • candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
  • capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • capitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of capitalize.
  • capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
  • caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
  • cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
  • cattle grid — A cattle grid is a set of metal bars in the surface of a road which prevents cattle and sheep from walking along the road, but allows people and vehicles to pass.
  • centerfield — the area of the outfield beyond second base and between right field and left field.
  • centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
  • centralized — to draw to or gather about a center.
  • chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
  • chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
  • chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
  • chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
  • channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
  • chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
  • charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
  • chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
  • child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
  • child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
  • childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
  • chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
  • chilled out — relaxed
  • chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
  • chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
  • chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
  • chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
  • cider-apple — a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
  • cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
  • ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
  • civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
  • clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
  • clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
  • classicized — Simple past tense and past participle of classicize.
  • classifieds — The classifieds are the same as classified ad.
  • cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
  • clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
  • clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
  • closefisted — stingy
  • code police — (humour)   (By analogy with George Orwell's "Thought Police" in "1984") A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that enforce programming style rules. Used ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. "Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!" The ironic usage is perhaps more common.
  • colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
  • cold chisel — a toughened steel chisel
  • cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
  • color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
  • color-field — designating or of a style of abstract painting in which colors are applied to a canvas, often in large patches, with little variation in tone and little emphasis on form
  • color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
  • coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.
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