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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
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