11-letter words containing a, e, r, o, d, n
- bridge loan — A bridge loan is money that a bank lends you for a short time, for example, so that you can buy a new house before you have sold the one you already own.
- broaden out — If something such as a discussion broadens out or if someone broadens it out, the number of things or people that it includes or affects becomes greater.
- brown bread — bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- capernoited — capricious
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
- cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
- carnationed — having the colour of flesh
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- centerboard — a movable board or metal plate that, when lowered through a slot in the floor of a shallow-draft sailboat, functions like a keel to reduce leeward drift or increase stability, esp. one that moves on a pivot
- centreboard — a supplementary keel for a sailing vessel, which may be adjusted by raising and lowering
- changeround — the process of changing position
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- coadventure — adventure in which two or more share.
- cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- come around — If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- commandeers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commandeer.
- commendator — a person who holds a commendam
- concordance — If there is concordance between two things, they are similar to each other or consistent with each other.
- confederacy — A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing.
- confederate — Someone's confederates are the people they are working with in a secret activity.
- congregated — Simple past tense and past participle of congregate.
- consecrated — having been made or declared sacred or holy
- considerate — Someone who is considerate pays attention to the needs, wishes, or feelings of other people.
- constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
- contradance — contredanse
- contravened — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- contredanse — a courtly Continental version of the English country dance, similar to the quadrille
- conversated — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- coordinance — a joint ordinance
- coordinated — well organized
- coordinates — clothes of matching or harmonious colours and design, suitable for wearing together
- cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.
- cordilleran — a mountain system in W South America: the Andes and its component ranges.
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.