10-letter words containing a, r, u, n
- confabular — of or relating to confabulation
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- conjurator — a person who, through oath, is bound to others, esp a member of a group plotting a conspiracy
- connatural — having a similar nature or origin
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- corn sugar — a dextrose made from cornstarch
- cornaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cornaceae, a family of temperate plants, mostly trees and shrubs, including dogwood, cornel, and spotted laurel
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- 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.
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- 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)
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- 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
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- cresta run — high-speed tobogganing down a steep narrow passage
- cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- 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.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- cuernavaca — a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)
- culinarian — a person skilled in cookery
- culinarily — of, relating to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- curtailing — Present participle of curtail.
- curtain-up — the moment when the curtain is raised and a play or similar show begins
- curtaining — Present participle of curtain.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- day return — A day return is a train or bus ticket which allows you to go somewhere and come back on the same day for a lower price than an ordinary return ticket.
- defrauding — Present participle of defraud.
- delustrant — an agent which removes lustre from something
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- denaturant — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denaturing — Present participle of denature.
- denaturize — denature.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.