11-letter words containing nd
- cap in hand — If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you.
- carborundum — any of various abrasive materials, esp one consisting of silicon carbide
- casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
- case ending — a suffix on an inflected noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function.
- cat-and-dog — continuously or unceasingly vicious and destructive: cat-and-dog competition.
- chamberhand — a worker in the cold storage area of a slaughterhouse
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- changeround — the process of changing position
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chindonesia — China, India, and Indonesia: seen collectively as the most important developing economies with the best growth markets for investors
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chondrified — Simple past tense and past participle of chondrify.
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- chondroitin — an element that is present in cartilage
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- cinder cone — a small, conical volcano built of ash and cinders.
- cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- clean hands — freedom from guilt
- cleanhanded — free from guilt
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- clindamycin — an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
- close round — to encircle; surround
- coati-mundi — coati
- codefendant — a fellow defendant
- codependent — A codependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
- coextending — Present participle of coextend.
- color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
- color-blind — Someone who is color-blind cannot see the difference between colors, especially between red and green.
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
- come and go — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- command car — a vehicle for use by a commander and staff.
- command key — (on a computer keyboard) a key used when executing commands
- commandable — able to be commanded
- commandants — Plural form of commandant.
- commandeers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commandeer.
- commandment — The Ten Commandments are the ten rules of behaviour which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible, people should obey.
- commendable — If you describe someone's behaviour as commendable, you approve of it or are praising it.
- commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
- commendator — a person who holds a commendam
- common land — Common land is land which everyone is allowed to use.
- compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
- compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
- compounding — the addition of interest on interest already earned or charged
- comprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend.