10-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- bisulphide — a disulfide.
- black disc — a conventional black vinyl gramophone record as opposed to a compact disc
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- blastodisk — germinal disk
- blind seed — a disease of ryegrass, characterized by shriveled, soft seeds, caused by a fungus, Phialea temulenta.
- blind side — the side of the field between the scrum and the nearer touchline
- blind spot — If you say that someone has a blind spot about something, you mean that they seem to be unable to understand it or to see how important it is.
- blind test — a test in which the participants cannot identify the products that they are testing
- blind-side — the part of one's field of vision, as to the side and rear, where one is unable to see approaching objects.
- blind-spot — Also called blind spot. an area in which radio or cell phone signals are weak and their reception poor.
- blindsided — Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack (an opponent) from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
- blindsight — the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur after some forms of brain damage
- blindstory — a windowless story
- bloodiness — the state of being bloody
- bloodstain — A bloodstain is a mark on a surface caused by blood.
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- blue dicks — a plant, Dichelostemma pulchellum, of the amaryllis family, common on the western coast of the U.S., having headlike clusters of blue flowers.
- bluefields — a city in SW West Virginia.
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- 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.
- bridlewise — (of a horse) obedient to the pressure of the reins on the neck rather than to the bit
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- 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
- 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).
- celandines — Plural form of celandine.
- child seat — a type of child restraint consisting of a seat with safety features
- child star — a child who attains celebrity status
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- childhoods — Plural form of childhood.
- childishly — of, like, or befitting a child: childish games.
- children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- cladistics — a method of grouping animals that makes use of lines of descent rather than structural similarities
- classified — Classified information or documents are officially secret.
- claudius i — 10 b.c.–a.d. 54, Roman emperor a.d. 41–54.
- clientside — Alternative spelling of client-side.
- cliffsides — Plural form of cliffside.
- climatised — to acclimate to a new environment.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- 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.
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.