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10-letter words containing a, c, o, n, i

  • celadonite — a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
  • centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
  • centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
  • cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
  • ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
  • cessations — Plural form of cessation.
  • cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
  • cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
  • chain shot — cannon shot comprising two balls or half balls joined by a chain, much used formerly, esp in naval warfare to destroy rigging
  • chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
  • chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
  • chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
  • chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
  • chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
  • chalazions — Plural form of chalazion.
  • champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
  • championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
  • chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
  • charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
  • chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
  • chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
  • chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
  • chicanismo — pride in one's heritage as a Mexican-American.
  • chicharron — (in Mexican cooking) a piece of fried pork crackling.
  • chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
  • chilognath — any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.
  • chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
  • chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
  • china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
  • chionodoxa — any plant of the liliaceous genus Chionodoxa, of S Europe and W Asia
  • chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
  • chiromancy — palmistry
  • chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
  • chittagong — a port in E Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal: industrial centre. Pop: 4 171 000 (2005 est)
  • chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
  • chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
  • chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
  • chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
  • ciceronian — of or resembling Cicero or his rhetorical style; eloquent
  • ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
  • cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
  • cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
  • cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
  • citational — pertaining to citation
  • citronalis — lemon verbena.
  • citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
  • clactonian — one of the Lower Palaeolithic cultures found in England, characterized by the use of chopper tools
  • clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
  • claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
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