10-letter words containing s, e, r, a, d
- bastardize — to debase; corrupt
- beard moss — any of several green or yellow lichens of the genus Usnea, having long, threadlike stems in a tangled mass typically hanging from tree branches, and growing in a wide range of habitats from tropical zones to the Arctic.
- bedspreads — Plural form of bedspread.
- bedwarmers — Plural form of bedwarmer.
- bestraddle — to sit with one's legs either side of something
- blandisher — someone who blandishes
- blastoderm — the layer of cells that surrounds the blastocoel of a blastula
- board side — the broad side of a piece of lumber.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- boundaries — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- bradyseism — a gradual rise or fall in the earth's crust
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- bread shop — a baker's shop
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- bridesmaid — A bridesmaid is a woman or a girl who helps and accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
- broad seal — the official seal of a nation and its government
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- bubs grade — a baby
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- camcorders — Plural form of camcorder.
- carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
- cardcastle — a tower built with playing cards
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- carronades — Plural form of carronade.
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- caseharden — to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
- casseroled — Cooked in a casserole.
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- clarksdale — a city in NW Mississippi.
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- commanders — Plural form of commander.
- 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.
- coruscated — Simple past tense and past participle of coruscate.
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.