11-letter words containing i, r, d, s
- caddis worm — the wormlike larva of the caddis fly that usually lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of twigs, grains of sand, etc. cemented together with silk that it secretes: commonly used as bait by anglers
- caird coast — a region of Antarctica: a part of Coats Land on the SE coast of the Weddell Sea; now included in the British Antarctic Territory (claim suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959)
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
- cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
- carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
- caro's acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- cassiodorus — Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 ad, Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths
- casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
- categorised — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- cerebroside — any glycolipid in which N-acyl sphingosine is combined with glucose or galactose: occurs in the myelin sheaths of nerves
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
- childbirths — Plural form of childbirth.
- chinese red — a bright red colour
- chironomids — Plural form of chironomid.
- chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
- choroiditis — a medical condition consisting of pain and swelling of the choroid
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- 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.
- 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-press — a type of press used to extract the juice from apples to make cider
- circumcised — (of an man) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised.
- circumfused — Simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse.
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- 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
- codirectors — Plural form of codirector.
- color solid — a three-dimensional representation of colors according to the relationship between their hue, value, and saturation.
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- 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.
- con sordino — a musical direction to play with a mute
- conscripted — enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- considerate — Someone who is considerate pays attention to the needs, wishes, or feelings of other people.
- considering — You use considering to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
- constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
- constricted — narrowed
- contradicts — Deny the truth of (a statement), esp. by asserting the opposite.