9-letter words containing o, c, a, n, d
- compander — a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus
- companied — Simple past tense and past participle of company.
- compendia — a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
- concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- concordal — of or relating to concord
- concordat — a pact or treaty, esp one between the Vatican and another state concerning the interests of religion in that state
- concordia — the ancient Roman goddess of harmony or peace.
- condillac — Étienne Bonnot de (etjɛn bɔno də). 1715–80, French philosopher. He developed Locke's view that all knowledge derives from the senses in his Traité des sensations (1754)
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- confabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of confab.
- confidant — Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- conflated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflate.
- congealed — Simple past tense and past participle of congeal.
- conrad ii — c990–1039, king of Germany 1024–39 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1027–39.
- conrad iv — 1228–54, king of Germany 1237–54 and Sicily 1251–54; uncrowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (son of Frederick II).
- consarned — confounded; damned.
- contacted — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- contadina — (in Italy) a female farmer or peasant
- contadino — (in Italy) a male farmer or peasant
- contadora — Contadora Group.
- contained — kept from going beyond certain limits; confined
- coordinal — (of animals or plants) belonging to the same order
- coriander — Coriander is a plant with seeds that are used as a spice and leaves that are used as a herb.
- cornbraid — to braid (hair) in close parallel rows, creating a hairstyle known as a corn row
- cornbread — Cornbread is bread made from ground maize or corn. It is popular in the United States.
- coronated — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- corrading — Present participle of corrade.
- cottonade — a coarse fabric of cotton or mixed fibres, used for work clothes, etc
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
- cramdowns — Plural form of cramdown.
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- crossband — (in furniture) a layer of wood beneath, and with its grain at right angles to, the veneer
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- diachylon — a type of adhesive plaster, formerly made of various plant juices, but later containing lead oxide and glycerin
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon