10-letter words containing a, t, n
- crown wart — a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
- cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- 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
- ct scanner — computerized tomography scanner: an X-ray machine that can produce stereographic images
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- culminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.
- cumulating — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cunctation — delay
- cunctative — delay; tardiness.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- 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.
- custodians — Plural form of custodian.
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- cytarabine — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- daintiness — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- dalmatians — Plural form of dalmatian.
- damnations — Plural form of damnation.
- dantrolene — a toxic orange powder, C 14 H 10 N 4 O 5 , used to control muscle spasms, as in the treatment of local trauma, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, or other neurological disorders.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- data entry — Data entry is the activity of putting data into a computer, for example, by using a keyboard.
- data point — a single fact or piece of information; a datum: Other data points, such as crime statistics, are available from the state government.
- datacenter — a facility equipped with or connected to one or more computers, used for processing or transmitting data.
- datacentre — Alternative spelling of data centre.
- datamation — the processing of data by computers
- datapoints — Plural form of datapoint.
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- dating bar — singles bar.
- dauntingly — In a daunting manner.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- 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.
- dazzlement — the action of dazzling
- dead point — dead center
- deaeration — the act of extracting a gas from a liquid
- deafferent — Detached from the nervous system.
- dealbation — the process of bleaching or making white
- deaminated — Simple past tense and past participle of deaminate.