11-letter words containing n, d
- changeround — the process of changing position
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- characinoid — of or like a characin
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- chickenfeed — If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it is chickenfeed.
- chickenhead — (slang, hip-hop, derogatory) A woman who readily performs fellatio; by extension, an unintelligent and promiscuous woman.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- 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.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chinese red — a bright red colour
- chinic acid — quinic acid.
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chironomids — Plural form of chironomid.
- chlordecone — a highly toxic pesticide, C 10 H 10 O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chondrified — Simple past tense and past participle of chondrify.
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- chondroitin — an element that is present in cartilage
- chord organ — an electronic organ having a small keyboard for the right hand and for the left hand a set of buttons each of which produces a full chord when pushed.
- chordophone — any musical instrument producing sounds through the vibration of strings, such as the piano, harp, violin, or guitar
- chordotonal — (of an insect) responsive to sound vibrations, as certain organs or parts.
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- 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.
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- cinder cone — a small, conical volcano built of ash and cinders.
- cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
- cinematized — Simple past tense and past participle of cinematize.
- citizenhood — The state of being a citizen.
- citron wood — the wood of the citron tree
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- clean hands — freedom from guilt
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanhanded — free from guilt
- cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- 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
- clodhopping — loutish; boorish.
- close round — to encircle; surround
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- coade stone — a ceramic imitation of carved stonework popular in England around 1800.
- coadjacency — the state of two or more things being adjacent in experience or thought