10-letter words containing c, a, r, n, u
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- naviculare — a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- neutercane — a storm resembling a small hurricane but obtaining part of its energy by the same mechanism as a frontal cyclone.
- nicaraguan — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- nonaccrual — (finance) Not of or relating to accrual.
- noncrucial — Not crucial.
- nonnuclear — not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nuclearize — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- nudibranch — a shell-less, marine snail of the suborder Nudibranchia, having external, often branched respiratory appendages on the back and sides.
- nunciature — the office or the term of service of a nuncio.
- nurturance — warm and affectionate physical and emotional support and care.
- nutcracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- obtruncate — to slice or chop off the head or top part of
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- octangular — having eight angles.
- onocentaur — a centaur whose legs and body are that of a donkey as opposed to a horse
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- pancratium — (in ancient Greece) an athletic contest combining wrestling and boxing.
- pannicular — a layer of tissue, especially a subcutaneous layer of fat.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- pernambuco — a state in NE Brazil. 38,000 sq. mi. (98,420 sq. km). Capital: Recife.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- precaution — a measure taken in advance to avert possible evil or to secure good results.
- prenuclear — of or relating to the era before the development of nuclear weapons.
- procurance — the act of bringing about or getting something; agency; procurement.
- pronuclear — of or relating to a pronucleus.
- punch card — punched card
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- punctuator — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- punic wars — three wars (264–241 bc, 218–201 bc, and 149–146 bc), in which Rome crushed Carthaginian power, destroying Carthage itself
- purchasing — buying
- purtenance — the liver, heart, and lungs of an animal.
- purveyance — the act of purveying.
- quadrantic — Of, pertaining to, or affecting a quadrant.
- quadricone — a quadric surface swept out by a straight line that passes through a fixed point such that no straight line can intersect it at more than two points
- queencraft — the art of queenly rule
- quinacrine — an alkaloid, C 2 3 H 3 0 ClN 3 O, similar in its properties to pamaquine, used in the treatment of malaria.
- racerunner — a whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, common in the eastern and central U.S., that runs with great speed.
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.