10-letter words containing a, c, t, i, o, n
- canonistic — relating to or belonging to a canonist
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- capitation — a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per head
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- carnations — Plural form of carnation.
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- carrington — Dora, known as Carrington. 1893–1932, British painter, engraver, and letter writer; a member of the Bloomsbury Group
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartoonist — A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- cassations — Plural form of cassation.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- cataloging — Make a systematic list of (items of the same type).
- catalonian — sb from Catalonia
- cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
- catenaccio — an extremely defensive style of play
- catenation — the act or process of catenating.
- catholicon — a remedy for all ills; panacea
- 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.
- cavilation — Alternative spelling of cavillation.
- cavitation — the formation of vapour- or gas-filled cavities in a flowing liquid when tensile stress is superimposed on the ambient pressure
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- 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
- cessations — Plural form of cessation.
- 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
- 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
- chilognath — any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.
- 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)
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- 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
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
- clinostats — Plural form of clinostat.