9-letter words containing n, o, d, c
- caledonia — Scotland
- call down — to request or invoke
- call-down — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- cambodian — of or relating to Cambodia or its inhabitants
- campodean — a campodeid.
- candomble — any of a number of similar religious cults in Brazil that combine elements of Roman Catholicism with elements of West African, esp Yoruba, and South American Indian religions
- cane toad — a large toad, Rhinella marina, native to Central and South America but introduced into many countries to control insects and other pests of sugar-cane plantations
- cannonade — A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire.
- canonised — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- canonized — Made part of the canon, made official.
- canoodled — Simple past tense and past participle of canoodle.
- canoodles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canoodle.
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
- captioned — Simple past tense and past participle of caption.
- carangoid — resembling a fish of the family Carangidae; carangid.
- carbonade — a stew of beef and onions cooked in beer
- carbonado — a piece of meat, fish, etc, scored and grilled
- carcinoid — a small serotonin-secreting tumour, usually slow-growing and occurring in the gastrointestinal tract, although it may spread to the liver
- cardphone — a public telephone operated by the insertion of a phonecard instead of coins
- carronade — an obsolete naval gun of short barrel and large bore
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cd4 count — a blood test that measures the number of helper T cells, used to evaluate patients infected with HIV.
- celloidin — a nitrocellulose compound derived from pyroxylin, used in a solution of alcohol and ether for embedding specimens before cutting sections for microscopy
- centroids — Plural form of centroid.
- chalcedon — ancient Greek city on the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium: site of the 4th ecumenical council, a.d. 451
- chancroid — a soft venereal ulcer, esp of the male genitals, caused by infection with the bacillus Haemophilus ducreyi
- chlordane — a white insoluble toxic solid existing in several isomeric forms and usually used, as an insecticide, in the form of a brown impure liquid. Formula: C10H6Cl8
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chondrite — a stony meteorite consisting mainly of silicate minerals in the form of chondrules
- chondroid — cartilaginous or similar to cartilage
- chondroma — a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
- chondrule — one of the small spherical masses of mainly silicate minerals present in chondrites
- chop down — If you chop down a tree, you cut through its trunk with an axe so that it falls to the ground.
- chow down — If you chow down on something, you eat a large amount of it quickly and with enthusiasm.
- chowhound — a greedy person or a person who loves eating
- cinderous — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- clampdown — A clampdown is a sudden restriction on a particular activity by a government or other authority.
- clarendon — a style of boldface roman type
- climbdown — A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- clip bond — a form of brickwork raking bond for a facing of all stretchers, in which the stretchers are tied in to the backing every few courses by diagonally set bricks that project from the backing into angles made by cutting off the concealed corners of the face brick.
- clogdance — a folk dance characterized by heavy stamping steps, performed while wearing clogs
- clonidine — a medication primarily used to treat high blood pressure
- closedown — a termination or suspension of operations; shutdown: a temporary closedown of a factory.
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm