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11-letter words containing e, d, i, r

  • cerebroside — any glycolipid in which N-acyl sphingosine is combined with glucose or galactose: occurs in the myelin sheaths of nerves
  • ceric oxide — a white or yellow solid used in ceramics, enamels, and radiation shields. Formula: CeO2
  • chain drive — a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another
  • chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
  • 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.
  • chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
  • child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
  • 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.
  • chinese red — a bright red colour
  • chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
  • chondrified — Simple past tense and past participle of chondrify.
  • christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
  • chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
  • chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
  • chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
  • cider press — a press for crushing apples for cider.
  • cider-apple — a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
  • cider-press — a type of press used to extract the juice from apples to make cider
  • cinder cone — a small, conical volcano built of ash and cinders.
  • cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
  • circumcised — (of an man) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised.
  • circumcized — Simple past tense and past participle of circumcize.
  • circumfused — Simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse.
  • cire perdue — a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away
  • city editor — The city editor of a newspaper is the editor who is in charge of local news.
  • 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.
  • clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
  • 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.
  • co-director — to direct (a movie or other performance) with another or others.
  • co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
  • codirection — joint direction
  • codirectors — Plural form of codirector.
  • color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
  • 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.
  • compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
  • comraderies — camaraderie.
  • comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
  • concertized — Simple past tense and past participle of concertize.
  • concretized — Simple past tense and past participle of concretize.
  • conditioner — A conditioner is a substance which you can put on your hair after you have washed it to make it softer.
  • condottiere — a commander or soldier in a professional mercenary company in Europe from the 13th to the 16th centuries
  • condottieri — a leader of a private band of mercenary soldiers in Italy, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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