10-letter words containing a, c, o, u, n
- bounceable — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
- cannot but — You use cannot but, could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- cappuccino — Cappuccino is coffee which is made using milk and has froth and sometimes powdered chocolate on top.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- causations — Plural form of causation.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cautioning — Present participle of caution.
- cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- coadjutant — cooperating
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- coagulants — Plural form of coagulant.
- coatimundi — The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a south American carnivore.
- coetaneous — of the same age or period
- colliquant — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- comeupance — Alternative form of comeuppance.
- communally — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- communards — Plural form of communard.
- communital — a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- concentual — (rare) Harmonious, in harmony.
- conceptual — Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind.
- conductant — Able to conduct (e.g. conduct electrical current); conductive.
- confabular — of or relating to confabulation