10-letter words containing c, a, n, e
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- cancellate — having a spongy or porous internal structure
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
- cancerette — (slang, derogatory) A cigarette.
- cancerroot — any parasitic plant of the genus Orobanche, especially O. uniflora, of North America, having pale, leafless stalks bearing a single white or purplish flower.
- cancionero — a songbook
- candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
- candelilla — either of two wax-coated Mexican shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis (or bracteatus)
- candescent — glowing or starting to glow with heat
- candidated — a person who seeks an office, honor, etc.: a candidate for governor.
- candidates — Plural form of candidate.
- candidness — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
- candy cane — A candy cane is a stick of red and white candy with a curve at one end.
- cane chair — a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.
- cane grass — any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
- cane piece — (in the Caribbean) a field of sugar cane, esp a peasant's isolated field
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- canebrakes — Plural form of canebrake.
- canecutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
- cannellini — a cannellini bean
- cannelloni — Cannelloni is large tube-shaped pieces of pasta that contain a filling of meat, cheese, or vegetables.
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- cannonaded — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonade.
- cannonades — Plural form of cannonade.
- cannoneers — Plural form of cannoneer.
- cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
- canonesses — Plural form of canoness.
- canonicate — the office or rank of a canon; canonry
- cant frame — any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cantatrice — a female singer, esp a professional soloist
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)