11-letter words containing ld
- cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
- cold-rolled — (of metal sheets, etc) having been rolled without heating, producing a smooth surface finish
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- color-field — designating or of a style of abstract painting in which colors are applied to a canvas, often in large patches, with little variation in tone and little emphasis on form
- common cold — The common cold is a mild illness. If you have it, your nose is blocked or runny and you have a sore throat or a cough.
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- culdoscopes — Plural form of culdoscope.
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- deshielding — (physics, chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is strengthened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei.
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- dream world — the world of imagination or illusion rather than of objective reality.
- elderflower — The flower of the elder, used to make wines, cordials, and other drinks.
- elderliness — The quality or state of being elderly.
- emboldening — Present participle of embolden.
- enfouldered — charged with lightning
- enthralldom — The act of enthralling, or the state of being enthralled; slavery; bondage.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- field drain — an underground earthenware pipe used for draining fields
- field event — an event in a track meet that involves throwing something, as a discus or javelin, or jumping and is not performed on the running track.
- field glass — Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.
- field grade — military rank applying to mid-level army officers, as majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- field guide — a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.
- field house — a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
- field judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, fair catches, field goals, etc.
- field label — a descriptive word or phrase for a field in a record, such as 'surname', 'postcode', etc
- field mouse — any of various short-tailed mice or voles inhabiting fields and meadows.
- field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
- field study — observation of nature in the wild
- field trial — a competition among sporting dogs under natural conditions in the field, in which the animals are judged on the basis of excellence of performance in hunting.
- field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
- fieldpieces — Plural form of fieldpiece.
- fieldstones — Plural form of fieldstone.
- fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- file folder — a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.
- filled gold — a composition consisting of gold-plating welded to and rolled with a backing of brass or other base metal, at least 1/20 (0.05) of the total weight being that of the gold.
- fillet weld — a weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that meet in an interior right angle.
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- fool's gold — iron or copper pyrites, sometimes mistaken for gold.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- force field — A force field is an area of energy, such as magnetic energy, that surrounds an object or place.
- freeholders — Plural form of freeholder.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.