10-letter words containing l, o, r, a
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- cross talk — interference in one channel from another or others
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
- crotalaria — a genus of plants and shrubs of the Fabaceae family with pods in which the seeds rattle
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- crystallo- — crystal
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- curatorial — Curatorial means relating to curators and their work.
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cycloramic — a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.
- cyclosarin — Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.
- d'oliviera — Basil (Lewis). 1931–2011, South African-born cricketer who played for England. The South African government's refusal to admit him to the country as part of the England touring party in 1968 led to South Africa being banned from international cricket
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- dandy roll — a light roller used in the manufacture of certain papers to produce watermarks
- dantrolene — a toxic orange powder, C 14 H 10 N 4 O 5 , used to control muscle spasms, as in the treatment of local trauma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, or other neurological disorders.
- dark cloud — grey clouds threatening rain
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- death roll — a list of the people killed in a war or disaster
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- declarator — an action seeking to have some right, status, etc, judicially ascertained
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decollator — (computing) a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper.
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- decolorate — to change or fade in colour
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- defoliator — An adult or larval insect that strips all the leaves from a tree or shrub.
- deformable — to mar the natural form or shape of; put out of shape; disfigure: In cases where the drug was taken during pregnancy, its effects deformed the infants.
- delegators — Plural form of delegator.
- delegatory — of or relating to the delegation or assignment of authority, power, or responsibility.
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- deliration — delirium; madness
- delta iron — an allotrope of iron that exists between 1400°C and the melting point of iron and has the same structure as alpha iron
- demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
- dendroidal — Dendroid; resembling a shrub or tree.
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- deportable — liable to deportation
- dermatomal — Anatomy. an area of skin that is supplied with the nerve fibers of a single, posterior, spinal root.
- desolatory — tending to cause desolation
- devalorize — Devalue.
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant