10-letter words containing a, c, o, u, n
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- ouananiche — A salmon of landlocked populations living in lakes in Labrador and Newfoundland.
- outbalance — to outweigh.
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- postulance — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- punctation — punctate condition or marking.
- punctuator — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- reannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- round clam — quahog.
- run across — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sans souci — without worry; carefree.
- scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- spinaceous — pertaining to or of the nature of spinach; belonging to the amaranth family of plants.
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- suboceanic — occurring or existing below the floor of the ocean: suboceanic oil.
- succorance — the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support.
- sugar corn — sweet corn.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- talcahuano — a seaport in central Chile.
- tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
- tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
- truncation — the act or process of truncating.
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultrasonic — of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.