10-letter words containing l, a, s, d
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- collarstud — a stud that is used to attach a removable collar to a shirt
- collonades — Plural form of collonade.
- colonnades — Plural form of colonnade.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.
- corn salad — any valerianaceous plant of the genus Valerianella, esp the European species V. locusta, which often grows in cornfields and whose leaves are sometimes used in salads
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crash-land — If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
- cuadrillas — Plural form of cuadrilla.
- cul-de-sac — A cul-de-sac is a short road which is closed off at one end.
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dall sheep — a wild sheep (Ovis dalli) with white hair and long spiral horns, living in the mountains of NW North America
- dalliances — A casual romantic or sexual relationship.
- dalmatians — Plural form of dalmatian.
- damoiselle — a damsel
- 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
- dandelions — Plural form of dandelion.
- dandyishly — in the manner of a dandy
- dangerless — Without danger.
- danish oil — a furniture oil, based on synthetic resins, that gives a soft luster.
- daredevils — Plural form of daredevil.
- dark slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- dash light — a light to illuminate a dashboard in a motor vehicle
- dasypaedal — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) having a covering of down
- datagloves — Plural form of dataglove.
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- day sailer — a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations, suitable for short trips.
- day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
- de-isolate — to remove from isolation.
- deadliness — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- dealmakers — Plural form of dealmaker.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- decaliters — Plural form of decaliter.
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- decastyles — Plural form of decastyle.
- decastylos — a decastyle building, as a classical temple.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- decennials — Plural form of decennial.
- 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
- decisional — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- declarants — Plural form of declarant.
- declassify — If secret documents or records are declassified, it is officially stated that they are no longer secret.