10-letter words containing a, s, c, n
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- nonplastic — Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and proteins: used in place of other materials, as glass, wood, and metals, in construction and decoration, for making many articles, as coatings, and, drawn into filaments, for weaving. They are often known by trademark names, as Bakelite, Vinylite, or Lucite.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nonspacing — (US) alternative spelling of non-spacing.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nose candy — cocaine.
- nosocomial — (of infections) contracted as a result of being hospitalized; hospital-acquired.
- nostalgiac — A nostalgic person.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nucleobase — (biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- numismatic — of, relating to, or consisting of coins, medals, paper money, etc.
- nuthatches — Plural form of nuthatch.
- nyctinasty — (botany) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.
- obeisances — Plural form of obeisance.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
- occasioned — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occasioner — a person who or that which generates or precipitates something
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- oculonasal — Pertaining to the eyes and nose.
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- oscitation — The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- paganistic — pagan spirit or attitude in religious or moral questions.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panniculus — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.