10-letter words containing d, o, e, c, a
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- clog dance — a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
- cloud base — the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer.
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- coadjacent — something that is adjacent to another thing in experience or thought
- coagulated — Subject to coagulation.
- coal depot — a place at which coal may be deposited, stored, etc
- coal field — an area containing significant coal deposits.
- coalfields — Plural form of coalfield.
- coarctated — Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate.
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coated pit — a clathrin-lined depression in the outer surface of a cell membrane, formed of receptors and their specific ligands, that becomes a coated vesicle upon endocytosis.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- coffee and — coffee and a snack.
- coffee-and — coffee and a snack.
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- colatitude — the complement of the celestial latitude
- cold cream — an emulsion of water and fat used cosmetically for softening and cleansing the skin
- cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- colligated — Simple past tense and past participle of colligate.
- collimated — Simple past tense and past participle of collimate.
- collocated — to set or place together, especially side by side.
- collonades — Plural form of collonade.
- colonnaded — A colonnaded building has evenly-spaced columns.
- colonnades — Plural form of colonnade.
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- comandante — commandant.
- comedietta — a short comic stage or musical production
- comm badge — a small combined radio transmitter and receiver, carried around by one person, esp military personnel, in the form of a badge worn on the chest
- commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.