9-letter words containing l, d, c, o
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cotswolds — a range of low hills in SW England, mainly in Gloucestershire: formerly a centre of the wool industry
- cotyledon — a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
- counseled — advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- coupledom — the state of living as a couple, esp when regarded as being interested in each other to the exclusion of the outside world
- coverdale — Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)
- credulous — If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- creolized — (of a language) incorporating a considerable range of features from one or more unrelated languages, as the result of contact between language communities
- crinoidal — (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
- crocodile — A crocodile is a large reptile with a long body and strong jaws. Crocodiles live in rivers and eat meat.
- crookedly — not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
- crowdedly — In a crowded manner.
- crownland — a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- cuckolded — the husband of an unfaithful wife.
- cuckoldly — having the qualities of a cuckold
- cuckoldom — the state of being a cuckold
- cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- d-glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- 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.
- de-couple — to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple.
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- deck bolt — a flat-headed bolt for fastening down deck planking.
- deck load — cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decodable — Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
- decollate — to separate (continuous stationery, etc) into individual forms
- decollete — (on a piece of women's clothing) a bodice that has a very low neckline
- decolored — to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- decompile — Produce source code from (compiled code).
- decomplex — having or composed of parts that are complex in themselves
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- decoupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decouple.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)