10-Letter Words Containing D

Ambition

""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""

""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""

Surprise attacks

Waylays.

Corrective

Corrective final word offered by US lawyer to politician

Madmen sent out to effect changes

Part of the Constitution.

Changes to parliamentary bill

Descriptive of new dentifrices

Ammonify

Andy signs them (wordplay)

They're often seen above 7's

Parts of many law firm names

English word

Amplidyne

Large or full measures

Wave measurements

Amygdalin

""A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.""

""Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.""

Made "talent" from "latent," e.g

Got into a mix-up with letters

This mad manager produces the answer

Shown to be similar

Analysand

Article's broken down and analysed

ANATOMIZE Styptic. <mark>

Ancestor

Gold place in which land is mined for mineral

Andantino

Andouille

Andradite

""Pl. androecia (-sh - , -sh ) The stamens of a flower considered as a group.""

Of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen.

Androgyne

Andromeda

Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.

Noted cast I reassembled for storyteller

Raconteur.

Storyteller

Aneuploid

ANEUPLOID

Made English clean digs I refurbished

Adapted a foreign word to English usage

Anhedonia

Ray's hidden explosive chemical compounds

Anhydrite

Make criticism of unreliable vermin data

Take note of trailer housing man I fancy

Comment on an individual and very angry Green

ANIMALIZE To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.

In a lively manner

In a lively fashion

With spirit

Annelidan

ANNUALIZE

ANODIC pertaining to an {anode=n}

Going before (in time/order)

Hannah, in "Hannah and Her Sisters"

Preceding in time

Antecede

Preceding in time

""Pl. antependia (-d - ) A decorative hanging for the front of an altar, lectern, or pulpit.""

Antevert

""Pl. antheridia (- - ) A sperm-producing organ occurring in seedless plants, fungi, and algae.""

Kind of ape

Enos or Able.

If it looks like a man and walks like a man, what is it (wordplay)

Weapons in the medical arsenal.

B cells' production

Protein substances

Anticodon

Antidote

DROMIC pertaining to a race-course

Old-fashioned and then some

Word with prefix anti-

Antipodal

22 against potty principal

Coming from other side of the world

Relating to Australia/New Zealand

Old-fashioned

Awfully quaint, a Fifties youth is seen as behind the times

Passe.

Steady winds

Prevailing westerly winds of middle latitudes

Apartheid

Apoapsis

1. unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration

Said sorry for serving old sago pie

Expressed regret for what one has done

Expressed regret

Began damage control, perhaps

Ended a spat, in a way

Expressed regrets

Clad

Add on time for members

Find deep pagans needing projections

Things going on a long time after a very quiet death

Appendant

Additional sections of a book.

Supplements that might cause grumbling (wordplay)

Supplementary materials

Appendix

Receptive audience

Going like the clappers (wordplay)

Giving a hand around the house (wordplay)

Clapping etc

Detains suspects

Understands, perhaps wrongly, the object is to get inside

Was nearly as good as

Came near

Drew near

APPROBATE Approved.

Skidded on film of water

Engraved on copper using resin and nitric acid

ARABICIZE

Arachnoid

ARBITRAGE Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

Settled a dispute

Roguish cleric (wordplay)

Cleric ruined chance with Dora

Ecclesiastic next below a bishop

Vampire Aristocrats, in Dungeons & Dragons

Aridness

Toothless, burrowing animals.

Plated mammals

Burrowing mammals.

AROMATIZE To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.

Ones given the shaft (wordplay)

Indian museum display

Old Native American carvings

Arrowwood

Spiders and crabs.

Troops hard to move - they've no backbone

Arytenoid

Odoriferous gum resins.

Gum resin used medically

Foul-smelling but safe aid to a curry

Bitter medicine

A ben scaled could be construed as this

Canes get twisted up at the ball

Coming into prominence

Upper hand

Dominating influence (A, not E)

Candy canes (anagram)

Distributing candy canes with upper hand

Ancestors

Forebears

Ascendancy.

Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

Ascendent

Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers

Asclepiad

Huge house plant

Iris adapts, being adaptable plant

Plant rallied Ada's spirit

ASSERTED assert

Oasis acted badly in a group, perhaps

Kind of press

Got together, tossing coats aside

Top grade examining body set to right

Star-shaped, as crystals

Needing explanation, perhaps

Marked danger branding a horse

Marked symbolically

Of small celestial bodies

Concerning certain space rocks

Of small planets like Ceres

Knocked out a dishonest criminal

Amazed - and so is the organisation

Left slack-jawed

Adman's adjective

An observation about tenor: 'stunning'

Striking dumb with astonishment

Astrodome

Asyndeton

Attainder

Attemper

Factor in grading, perhaps

Gate - enact Dante (anagram)

Guests at Blair's ball (wordplay)

Take care of picnic pests (wordplay)

Checkroom employees, for example

Members of the wedding.

Ted ate tuna salad, becoming thin

Reduced in strength

Made thin/thinner

That's ascribed to a TD about a matter of tax

Thought to be by Alfred Tennyson initially, but going in to be tested

Insolent acts

The quality of being audible; power of being heard; audible capacity.

(Physics / General Physics) caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency an audiogenic epileptic fit

Audiogram

Adjective (-ic)

Alexander Graham Bell invention

Otologist's instrument

Otology instrument

The measurement of hearing.

Emery phor buphs (wordplay)

One making a sound investment (wordplay)

Hi-fi fan.

Media for drivers

Driver's entertainment, sometimes

Dinosaurs next to the iPod

Tried out for a part

Read (for)

Tried out

Auditory

AUDITOR one who {audits=v}

Sitting-room with a view (wordplay)

Room for performances

The principal's classroom

Auslander

Throw her out, said official

Licensed originator is a man

Revised share-out I'd sanctioned

""Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. as, an authorized agent.""

AUTOCLAVE A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid.

Law blaming the car (wordplay)

DIY learner in car committed the deed

Do-it-yourself learner

Motorway in Italy

Major Italian highway

Italian highway

Italian superhighways.

""AVALANCHE A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.""

Avidness

Avoidance

The stark daw we made very difficult

Structures on basketball court.

Rebounding spots

Backdate

Football groups.

It's Dell, if one got rid of the hole (wordplay)

Backfit

Second-floor family (wordplay)

Person's experience

One never comes to the fore

Like a tennis player's compliment?

Ambiguously flattering remark

Insincere, as a compliment.

A gift for dishonesty (wordplay)

Red Nah for a bribe at court (wordplay)

Bribe (in court?)

Backhaul

Backlash

Backlist

Backlog

Backpack

Football player goes biking (wordplay)

Starts to waffle

Does a volte-face.

Recidivist supporter gains second cap

One who reverts

Relapser into sin

Becomes less virtuous.

Loses progress, in a way

Liberal entering behind rear seat perhaps slips

BACKSPACE

Backsword

Reluctantly; slowly; aversely.

Backwash

BACKWOODS the forest beyond cleared country

BACTERIZE to subject to the action of bacteria.

Bacteroid

Badinage

Claret drinks.

Disparaged

Smeared foundation around part of face, on commercial

Slandered

Bakshish

Pl. baldachins also baldachinos A rich fabric of silk and gold brocade.

Baldachin

Track event for those less hirsute?

Race that's less hairy (wordplay)

Rhubarb a smidgen less hairy (wordplay)

Baldness

""BALKANIZE to divide a territory into small, hostile states.""

Singers need pieces of 15 to cover live Adele hit (wordplay)

Crooners

Balladist

Balladry

Created loud publicity

Balcony railing (by Toni Morrison)

A bad result perhaps, but coping

Part of a balcony.

2000 Spike Lee satire

Confused; cheated

Hoodwinked airline's doctor about alcohol left in

A dart aimed at the bull

Dart thrust into el toro

Banderole

Australian animals

Banditry

One who must face the music (wordplay)

Arm or rubber (wordplay)

Glenn or Mitch Miller

Samba trend (anagram)

Sousa or Alexander, for example

Conductor decorated stand with amber

Group of evil looks (wordplay)

Group of evil looks?

Belts with ammunition stop soldier moving

Sousa's places (wordplay)

Platforms in many parks

Outdoor concert sites

Old parade sights

Bandwidth

BANISTER a stair hand-rail

Provided funds for

Headline about an attack on Wells Fargo

Bankrupt

Made Hunnish

Shakespearean fan

Worship of Shakespeare

Bareback

Discalced, as certain monks

Kicked around a match official having forgotten trainers (wordplay)

Pub second team paid the cost for not wearing boots