10-letter words containing n, o, a, d
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- contrasted — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- convocated — Simple past tense and past participle of convocate.
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- corn bread — a baked or fried flat bread made with cornmeal and, variously, milk or water, flour, eggs, sugar, etc.
- 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
- cornbrandy — any of various alcoholic spirits made from grain, esp whisky
- coromandel — calamander
- coronalled — a crown; coronet.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- covenanted — an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crossandra — any shrub of the free-flowering mostly African genus Crossandra, grown in greenhouses for their large yellow, lilac, or orange flowers: family Acanthaceae
- crossbands — Plural form of crossband.
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- custodians — Plural form of custodian.
- cycloidian — of or pertaining to a cycloid
- d'annunzio — Gabriele (ɡaˈbrjɛːle). 1863–1938, Italian poet, dramatist, novelist, national hero, and Fascist. His works include the poems in Alcione (1904) and the drama La Figlia di Iorio (1904)
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- dairywoman — a woman who owns, manages, or works in a dairy.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- daminozide — a plant-growth retardant, C 6 H 12 N 2 O 3 , used commercially on apples.
- damnations — Plural form of damnation.
- damson jam — jam made from the fruit of the damson tree
- dance form — the binary form used in most of the movements of the 18th-century suite.
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- dandelions — Plural form of dandelion.
- dandy roll — a light roller used in the manufacture of certain papers to produce watermarks
- danish oil — a furniture oil, based on synthetic resins, that gives a soft luster.
- 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 money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
- 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)
- data point — a single fact or piece of information; a datum: Other data points, such as crime statistics, are available from the state government.
- datamation — the processing of data by computers
- datapoints — Plural form of datapoint.
- daunomycin — an anthracycline drug that is used as a medication in the treatment of some forms of cancer
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- dawn horse — eohippus.