11-letter words containing d, r, i, l
- calendrical — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
- caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
- caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
- cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
- cardinality — the property of possessing a cardinal number
- cardiolipin — a lipid purified from bovine heart and used as an antigen for reacting with reagin, the Wassermann antibody, in the Wassermann diagnostic test for syphilis.
- carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
- cattle grid — A cattle grid is a set of metal bars in the surface of a road which prevents cattle and sheep from walking along the road, but allows people and vehicles to pass.
- centerfield — the area of the outfield beyond second base and between right field and left field.
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralized — to draw to or gather about a center.
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- child actor — an actor who is a child
- child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
- child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
- child-proof — resistant to being opened, tampered with, or operated by a child: a childproof medicine bottle.
- childbirths — Plural form of childbirth.
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
- chlorhydric — (chemistry) Alternative form of hydrochloric.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chrysalidal — relating to a chrysalis or stage in the development of an insect
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- cider-apple — a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
- cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
- ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
- clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
- clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
- clostridial — any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- codicillary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a codicil.
- color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
- color solid — a three-dimensional representation of colors according to the relationship between their hue, value, and saturation.
- color-blind — Someone who is color-blind cannot see the difference between colors, especially between red and green.
- color-field — designating or of a style of abstract painting in which colors are applied to a canvas, often in large patches, with little variation in tone and little emphasis on form
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.