10-letter words containing n, o, d, l
- convoluted — If you describe a sentence, idea, or system as convoluted, you mean that it is complicated and difficult to understand.
- cool drink — any soft drink
- cordonbleu — any of several small African finches of the genus Uraeginthus, having pale blue and buff plumage and commonly kept as cage birds.
- corn dolly — a decorative figure made by plaiting straw
- 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
- cornfields — Plural form of cornfield.
- coromandel — calamander
- coronalled — a crown; coronet.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- cotyledons — Plural form of cotyledon.
- counselled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- cuckolding — Present participle of cuckold.
- cyclodiene — a group of organic insecticides, many of which are banned in the US and Europe
- cycloidian — of or pertaining to a cycloid
- cylindroid — a cylinder with an elliptical cross section
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- 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.
- 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)
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- decennoval — relating to nineteen
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- decisional — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- declension — the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- declotting — a mass or lump.
- decolonise — to release from the status of a colony.
- decolonize — to grant independence to (a colony)
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- deconflict — Military. to avoid a potential clash or accident involving (nonenemy military operations, weaponry, etc.) in a particular combat area: to deconflict coalition forces from three nations. to avoid such conflict in (a combat area): to deconflict airspace.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- deflations — Plural form of deflation.
- deflection — The deflection of something means making it change direction.
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.
- delibation — a small taste of a liquid
- deligation — the act of binding, especially with a ligature
- delineator — a tailor's pattern, adjustable for different sizes
- delinition — (obsolete) A smearing.
- deliration — delirium; madness