10-letter words containing a, o, u, i
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- 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
- capacitous — Having the legal capacity to do something.
- cappuccino — Cappuccino is coffee which is made using milk and has froth and sometimes powdered chocolate on top.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- catholicus — catholicos.
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- 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.
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- 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
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- coatimundi — The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a south American carnivore.
- coequality — The condition of being coequal.
- colatitude — the complement of the celestial latitude
- colliquant — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- colliquate — to melt or cause to melt
- colloquial — of or relating to conversation
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- 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.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- continuall — Obsolete spelling of continual.
- continuant — a speech sound, such as (l), (r), (f), or (s), in which the closure of the vocal tract is incomplete, allowing the continuous passage of the breath
- continuate — continuous
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- copulative — serving to join or unite
- coq au vin — chicken stewed with red wine, onions, etc
- coquillage — an ornamental shell motif.