10-letter words containing a, o, c
- choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
- chocaholic — Alternative spelling of chocoholic.
- chocolates — Plural form of chocolate.
- chocolatey — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
- choke back — If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
- cholagogue — a drug or other substance that promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder into the duodenum
- choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chorograph — An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- chroma key — an electronic special-effects system for combining a desired background with live foreground action.
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chromogram — a photograph that depicts an object in true-to-life colours that is obtained by putting together three different photographs
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
- cibophobia — The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
- ciceronian — of or resembling Cicero or his rhetorical style; eloquent
- cigarillos — Plural form of cigarillo.
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- circlorama — a system of film projection in which a number of projectors and screens are employed to produce a picture that surrounds the viewer
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- citalopram — an antidepressant drug, C 20 H 22 BrFN 20 , of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.
- 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