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11-letter words containing m, d, l

  • blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
  • blood money — If someone makes a payment of blood money to the family of someone who has been killed, they pay that person's family a sum of money as compensation.
  • blood serum — blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
  • bloodmobile — a motor vehicle equipped for collecting blood from donors
  • bloodstream — Your bloodstream is the blood that flows around your body.
  • bloody mary — A Bloody Mary is a drink made from vodka and tomato juice.
  • blow-molded — (of plastic hollowware) made by blowing and shaping in a mold; mold-blown.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • blue murder — If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like.
  • bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
  • bottom land — bottom (def 4).
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • buttonmould — the small core of plastic, wood, or metal that is the base for buttons covered with fabric, leather, etc
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • camouflaged — concealed or disguised
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candleflame — Flame of a candle.
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
  • caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
  • chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
  • childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • chol hamoed — the middle days of the festivals of Passover and Sukkoth, on which necessary work is permitted
  • chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
  • clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
  • cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
  • clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
  • clindamycin — an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
  • closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
  • closed term — (theory)   A term with no free variables.
  • 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
  • color model — colour model
  • columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
  • comedically — from a comedic point of view or in a comedic manner
  • comedy club — a club where stand-up comedians perform
  • commandable — able to be commanded
  • commendable — If you describe someone's behaviour as commendable, you approve of it or are praising it.
  • commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
  • committedly — In a committed manner; with commitment.
  • common cold — The common cold is a mild illness. If you have it, your nose is blocked or runny and you have a sore throat or a cough.
  • common land — Common land is land which everyone is allowed to use.
  • compactedly — in a compacted manner
  • complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
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