10-letter words containing d, o, l, c
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- cord blood — blood from the placenta drawn through the newly severed umbilical cord, collected for study or for possible transfusion to treat disease in the child.
- cordeliers — a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
- cordiality — warmth of feeling
- cordialize — to become warm and friendly
- cordillera — a series of parallel ranges of mountains, esp in the northwestern US
- cordonbleu — any of several small African finches of the genus Uraeginthus, having pale blue and buff plumage and commonly kept as cage birds.
- corn dolly — a decorative figure made by plaiting straw
- corn salad — any valerianaceous plant of the genus Valerianella, esp the European species V. locusta, which often grows in cornfields and whose leaves are sometimes used in salads
- cornfields — Plural form of cornfield.
- coromandel — calamander
- coronalled — a crown; coronet.
- correlated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- corriedale — a breed of sheep reared for both wool and meat, originally developed in New Zealand and Australia
- corrodible — Readily corroded.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- cotyledons — Plural form of cotyledon.
- counselled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- coveralled — wearing coveralls
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- cuckolding — Present participle of cuckold.
- cuckoldize — to make (a married man) into a cuckold
- cuddlesome — cuddly (sense 1)
- cuddly toy — a soft toy, such as a teddy bear
- culdoscope — an endoscope used in a medical examination of the ovary, uterus, etc., inserted through the upper vaginal wall into the pelvic cavity
- culdoscopy — Endoscopy of the female pelvic organs by way of the vagina.
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- cyclodiene — a group of organic insecticides, many of which are banned in the US and Europe
- cycloidian — of or pertaining to a cycloid
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- cyclopedic — like a cyclopedia in character or contents; broad and varied; exhaustive.
- cylindroid — a cylinder with an elliptical cross section
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- dark cloud — grey clouds threatening rain
- day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- deallocate — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
- decastylos — a decastyle building, as a classical temple.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- decennoval — relating to nineteen