10-letter words containing d, s, m, e
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- climatised — to acclimate to a new environment.
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- commanders — Plural form of commander.
- commandoes — Plural form of commando.
- commodores — Plural form of commodore.
- composedly — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- composited — Simple past tense and past participle of composite.
- compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
- condemners — to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
- condiments — something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices.
- consumedly — (intensifier)
- cosmetized — to cosmeticize.
- cosmodrome — a site, esp one in the former Soviet Union, from which spacecraft are launched
- cream soda — a carbonated soft drink flavoured with vanilla
- cuddlesome — cuddly (sense 1)
- customised — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customized — modified according to a customer's individual requirements
- damasceene — to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns
- damascened — of or relating to the city of Damascus.
- damascenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of damascene.
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- damoiselle — a damsel
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- damselfish — any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body
- date stamp — an adjustable rubber stamp for recording the date
- date-stamp — to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp: He date-stamped every letter received.
- de-stemmed — to remove the stem from (a fruit or vegetable); stem.
- deafmutism — unable to hear and speak.
- dealmakers — Plural form of dealmaker.
- deaminases — Plural form of deaminase.
- deaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deaminate.
- death mask — A death mask is a model of someone's face, which is made from a mould that was taken of their face soon after they died.
- deathcamas — any of various plants (genus Zigadenus) of the lily family, with grasslike basal leaves and clusters of greenish or white flowers: often poisonous to sheep
- debasement — Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something.
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decameters — Plural form of decameter.
- decembrist — a participant in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicolas I in Dec 1825
- decimalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of decimalize.
- decimalism — a method or practice based on units, divisions, or multiples of ten
- decimalist — a person who is in favour of decimalism
- decimeters — Plural form of decimeter.
- decomposed — having been subject to decomposition
- decomposer — any organism in a community, such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead tissue enabling the constituents to be recycled to the environment
- decomposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompose.
- decompress — to relieve (a substance) of pressure or (of a substance) to be relieved of pressure
- decrements — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrement.