10-letter words containing e, l, d, r
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- 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.
- cloud over — If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.
- cloudberry — a creeping Eurasian herbaceous rosaceous plant, Rubus chamaemorus, with white flowers and orange berry-like fruits (drupelets)
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- cold cream — an emulsion of water and fat used cosmetically for softening and cleansing the skin
- cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
- cold store — A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it.
- cold-store — to store in cold storage.
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- color-code — to use specific colors, according to a code, for wires, switches, cards, files, etc.
- colorbreed — to breed plants or animals selectively for the production of new varieties having a specific color or shade.
- 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.
- colourbred — (of an animal) bred to be a particular colour
- con dolore — (to be performed) in a sad manner
- confederal — being or of a confederation of independent nations or states
- controlled — held in check; curbed: poorly controlled anger.
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- cordeliers — a Franciscan friar: so called from the knotted cord worn as a girdle.
- 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.
- 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
- coveralled — wearing coveralls
- cradle cap — a form of seborrhoea of the scalp common in young babies
- cradleland — The region where something, especially a race of people, originated.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- crandalled — Simple past tense and past participle of crandall.
- credential — something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
- creditable — A creditable performance or achievement is of a reasonably high standard.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- creditless — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- crenelated — In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle