7-letter words containing n, d
- corydon — (in pastoral literature) a shepherd or rustic
- cotland — the grounds that belonged to a cotter and which amounted to around 5 acres
- couldnt — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of couldn't.
- counted — Simple past tense and past participle of count.
- cowbind — any of various bryony plants, esp the white bryony
- cowhand — a hired man who herds and tends cattle, usually on horseback, esp in the western US
- cozened — Simple past tense and past participle of cozen.
- cranked — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- credent — believing or believable
- cringed — to shrink, bend, or crouch, especially in fear or servility; cower.
- crinoid — any primitive echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having delicate feathery arms radiating from a central disc. The group includes the free-swimming feather stars, the sessile sea lilies, and many stemmed fossil forms
- crooned — to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice: to croon to a baby.
- crowned — characterized by or having a crown (often used in combination): a crowned signet ring; a low-crowned fedora.
- croydon — a borough in S Greater London (since 1965): formerly important for its airport (1915–59). Pop: 336 700 (2003 est). Area: 87 sq km (33 sq miles)
- crunked — excited or intoxicated
- crunode — a point at which two branches of a curve intersect, each branch having a distinct tangent; node
- ctenoid — toothed like a comb, as the scales of perches
- curding — Often, curds. a substance consisting mainly of casein and the like, obtained from milk by coagulation, and used as food or made into cheese.
- cutdown — a decrease or reduction in the number, size, or incidence of anything
- cyanide — Cyanide is a highly poisonous substance.
- cynipid — (zoology) Any member of the Cynipidae.
- d and c — dilation and curettage; a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure in obstetrics and gynaecology involving dilation of the cervix and curettage of the cavity of the uterus, as for abortion
- d meson — a meson with charm +1 or −1, strangeness 0, and isotopic spin ½.
- d'inzeo — Piero (ˈpjɛːro), 1923–2014, and his brother Raimondo (raiˈmondo), 1925–2013, Italian showjumping riders
- da nang — a port in central Vietnam, on the South China Sea. Pop: 448 000 (2005 est)
- dabbing — a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- dacryon — the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- daemons — Plural form of daemon.
- daffing — merriment; playful behavior; foolishness.
- dagging — one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- dahling — (as a term of address) darling (imitating a posh or pretentious person).
- daikons — Plural form of daikon.
- daimons — Plural form of daimon.
- dakotan — of or relating to Dakota or its inhabitants
- dalapon — a herbicide used to kill perennial grasses
- dalmane — a yellow, crystalline hypnotic drug, C21H25Cl3FN3O, prescribed for insomnia
- daltons — Plural form of dalton.
- damiana — a small shrub native to Central and South America as well as the Caribbean: the leaves are commonly prepared in tea and consumed as an aphrodisiac
- damming — a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- damnify — to cause loss or damage to (a person); injure
- damning — If you describe evidence or a report as damning, you mean that it suggests very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake.
- dampens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dampen.
- damping — moistening or wetting
- damsons — Plural form of damson.
- danaide — (engineering) A water wheel having a vertical axis and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
- danaite — a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- danakil — Afar.
- danazol — a synthetic male hormone, similar to testosterone, used in the treatment of endometriosis
- danbury — city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000
- dancers — Plural form of dancer.