10-letter words containing d, i, r, e, c
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- cauterized — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterize.
- cedar city — a town in SW Utah.
- cefadroxil — A broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic.
- 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.
- centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
- certitudes — Plural form of certitude.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
- cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
- child-care — having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed
- child-free — making a positive choice not to have children
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chundering — vomit.
- cicatrized — Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrize.
- cinderella — If you describe a person or organization as a Cinderella, you mean that they receive very little attention and that they deserve to receive more.
- circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- circumduce — to cause (something) to circulate on its axis
- cirrigrade — moving by means of hairlike appendages
- clamdigger — One who digs for clams.
- clearfield — a town in N Utah.
- 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.
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- codirector — a fellow director
- codiscover — to discover jointly
- colorfield — of, relating to, or characteristic of abstract painting in which large, flat areas of color are spread to cover the entire canvas and dominate over form and texture.
- colorslide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- configured — Simple past tense and past participle of configure.
- 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.
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- copyeditor — a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, especially to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar.
- coradicate — (of multiple words) derived from the same root
- cordeliers — a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
- cordialize — to become warm and friendly
- cordierite — a grey or violet-blue dichroic mineral that consists of magnesium aluminium iron silicate in orthorhombic crystalline form and is found in metamorphic rocks. Formula: (Mg,Fe)2AL4Si5O18.nH2O