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10-letter words containing ld

  • culdoscope — an endoscope used in a medical examination of the ovary, uterus, etc., inserted through the upper vaginal wall into the pelvic cavity
  • culdoscopy — Endoscopy of the female pelvic organs by way of the vagina.
  • cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
  • dark-field — of or relating to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.
  • debtholder — (finance) An owner of a financial obligation of another party.
  • den helder — a port in the W Netherlands, in North Holland province: fortified by Napoleon in 1811; naval station. Pop: 60 000 (2003 est)
  • drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
  • dreamworld — A fantastic or idealized view of life.
  • dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
  • dutch gold — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
  • elder days — The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age. See also elvish and Great Worm.
  • elder edda — a collection of mythological Old Norse poems made in the 12th century
  • elder hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the nondealer, who has certain advantages in the play
  • elderberry — The bluish-black or red berry of the elder, used especially for making jelly or wine.
  • emboldened — Having been made bold.
  • emboldener — a person or thing that emboldens
  • emeraldine — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure.
  • enfoldment — The act of enfolding.
  • enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
  • faldistory — a bishop's seat or throne
  • faldstools — Plural form of faldstool.
  • far afield — a long distance away
  • field army — army (def 2).
  • field coil — a coil that generates a magnetic field when an electric current is passed through it: used in various electrical devices, as motors, generators, or electromagnets.
  • field corn — feed corn grown for stock.
  • field crop — any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
  • field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
  • field hand — a person who works in the fields of a farm or plantation.
  • field lark — meadowlark.
  • field lens — the lens in an eyepiece that is farthest from the eye and that deviates rays toward the center of the eye lens.
  • field line — an imaginary line or curve in a field of force, as an electric field, such that the direction of the line at any point is that of the force in the field at that point.
  • field mint — an herb, Mentha arvensis, of North America, having downy leaves and small flowers that grow in circles in the leaf axils.
  • field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
  • field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
  • field term — a university term spent in the field, such as a term spent in another country as part of a foreign language course
  • field tile — an earthenware drain used in farm drainage
  • field trip — a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
  • field vole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis, also known as the short-tailed vole
  • field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
  • field-test — to test (a device or product) under various conditions of actual use.
  • fieldboots — knee-length boots
  • fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
  • fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
  • fieldmouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
  • fieldpiece — A mobile artillery piece, i.e. gun or howitzer, for use in the field.
  • fieldstone — unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
  • fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
  • fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
  • fingerhold — something onto which the fingers can hold
  • fittipaldi — Emerson. born 1946, Brazilian motor-racing driver: Formula One world champion (1972,1974)
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