10-letter words containing a, c, i, e
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameration — vaulting
- camisadoes — Plural form of camisado.
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- campimeter — an instrument for determining the visual field.
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- campuswide — Throughout a campus.
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancionero — a songbook
- candelilla — either of two wax-coated Mexican shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis (or bracteatus)
- candidated — a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.: a candidate for governor.
- candidates — Plural form of candidate.
- candidness — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- cane chair — a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.
- cane piece — (in the Caribbean) a field of sugar cane, esp a peasant's isolated field
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- cannellini — a cannellini bean
- cannelloni — Cannelloni is large tube-shaped pieces of pasta that contain a filling of meat, cheese, or vegetables.
- cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- canonicate — the office or rank of a canon; canonry
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- cantatrice — a female singer, esp a professional soloist
- cantilenas — Plural form of cantilena.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cantillate — to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- capacitate — to make legally competent
- capacities — the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity.
- capacitive — of electrical capacitance
- capillaire — a syrup flavoured with maidenhair fern or orange flower water
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capitalise — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalize — If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- capitative — Per head; capitatim.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.