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10-letter words containing i, n, d, e

  • bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
  • breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
  • break wind — to emit wind from the anus
  • brian reid — (person)   The person who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with John Gilmore.
  • bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
  • brigandage — plundering by brigands
  • brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
  • broodiness — moody; gloomy.
  • brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
  • brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
  • bug-ridden — full of insects
  • buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
  • bulletined — a brief account or statement, as of news or events, issued for the information of the public.
  • cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
  • cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2
  • calcedonio — a type of Venetian opaque glassware, with veins of colour, intended to imitate chalcedony
  • calcimined — Simple past tense and past participle of calcimine.
  • caledonian — of or relating to Scotland
  • campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
  • candelilla — either of two wax-coated Mexican shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis (or bracteatus)
  • candidated — a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.: a candidate for governor.
  • candidates — Plural form of candidate.
  • candidness — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
  • candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
  • candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
  • candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
  • canefields — Plural form of canefield.
  • cantonized — canton (def 7).
  • carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
  • carbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbonize.
  • card index — A card index is a number of cards with information written on them which are arranged in a particular order, usually alphabetical, so that you can find the information you want easily.
  • cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
  • carnalized — Simple past tense and past participle of carnalize.
  • carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
  • casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
  • celadonite — a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
  • celandines — Plural form of celandine.
  • centigrade — Centigrade is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
  • centipedes — Plural form of centipede.
  • centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
  • ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
  • cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
  • chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
  • championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.
  • cheddaring — The stage of manufacturing Cheddar cheese and similar cheeses where the curd is cut into small pieces, often cubes, to drain the whey before being stacked and turned.
  • chen duxiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
  • children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
  • chinandega — a city in W Nicaragua.
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