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10-letter words containing a, e, c, u

  • coquillage — an ornamental shell motif.
  • coriaceous — of or resembling leather
  • cornaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cornaceae, a family of temperate plants, mostly trees and shrubs, including dogwood, cornel, and spotted laurel
  • corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
  • corrugates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrugate.
  • corruscate — Dated form of coruscate.
  • coruscated — Simple past tense and past participle of coruscate.
  • coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
  • counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
  • counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
  • counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
  • counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
  • coupleable — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
  • courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
  • courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
  • coursemate — One who is taking the same academic course.
  • courseware — computer software designed to be used in an educational course
  • court case — a legal action
  • courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
  • crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
  • cracked up — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
  • crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
  • craigfluke — a common name for the grey sole fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
  • cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
  • crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
  • crapulence — sickness caused by excess in drinking or eating
  • craquelure — a network of fine cracks on old paintings caused by the deterioration of pigment or varnish
  • crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
  • cream puff — a shell of light pastry with a custard or cream filling
  • creampuffs — Plural form of creampuff.
  • creaturely — creatural.
  • crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
  • cresta run — high-speed tobogganing down a steep narrow passage
  • cretaceous — consisting of or resembling chalk
  • crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
  • croustades — Plural form of croustade.
  • crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
  • cruise car — an automobile used by police officers, equipped with a radiotelephone for communicating with police headquarters.
  • cruisewear — clothing which is suitable for wearing while on a cruise
  • crunchable — That can be crunched.
  • crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
  • cub master — a man who organizes a pack of cub scouts
  • cuba libre — a drink of rum, cola, lime juice, and ice
  • cuban heel — a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot
  • cube steak — a thin slice of beef that has been tenderized by being cubed
  • cucullated — hooded; hood-shaped
  • cuernavaca — a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)
  • cuirassier — a mounted soldier, esp of the 16th century, who wore a cuirass
  • cul-de-sac — A cul-de-sac is a short road which is closed off at one end.
  • culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
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