10-letter words containing d, o, l, r, i
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- 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.
- co-ordinal — belonging to the same order.
- cold drink — a beverage that is chilled.
- colorblind — unable to perceive colors or to distinguish between certain colors, as red and green
- 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.
- concordial — characterized by concord
- cool drink — any soft drink
- 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
- cornfields — Plural form of cornfield.
- 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
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play
- cylindroid — a cylinder with an elliptical cross section
- d'oliviera — Basil (Lewis). 1931–2011, South African-born cricketer who played for England. The South African government's refusal to admit him to the country as part of the England touring party in 1968 led to South Africa being banned from international cricket
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- de broglie — Prince Louis Victor (lwi viktɔr). 1892–1987, French physicist, noted for his research in quantum mechanics and his development of wave mechanics: Nobel prize for physics 1929
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decolorize — to take the color out of, as by bleaching
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- decreolize — to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
- defoliator — An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- despoilers — Plural form of despoiler.
- devalorize — Devalue.