10-letter words containing c, a, r, n
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- lunarscape — the landscape of the moon.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- luxuriancy — Obsolete form of luxuriance.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- macerating — Present participle of macerate.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- macfarlane — an overcoat with an attached cape and two slits in front near the waist.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- macintrash — /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare Macintoy. See also beige toaster, WIMP environment, point-and-drool interface, drool-proof paper, user-friendly.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macro lens — a lens used to bring into focus objects very close to the camera.
- macrofauna — any animals visible to the naked eye
- macrotrend — A large-scale trend.
- main brace — a brace leading to a main yard.
- main-force — pertaining to regular military units with standard uniforms and equipment.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- mamaroneck — a city in SE New York.
- man crèche — an area of a department store set aside to provide entertainment for men while their partners shop
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- manchurian — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- mandarinic — Appropriate or peculiar to a mandarin.
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- manicurist — a person who gives manicures.
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- manuscribe — (archaic) To write by hand.
- manuscript — the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- marcantant — a merchant
- marcescent — withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- marchantia — a type of liverwort plant
- marchlands — Plural form of marchland.
- marcionism — the doctrines and principles of the Marcionites.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- marcomanni — an ancient Germanic people who lived in central Europe.
- martinican — an island in the E West Indies; an overseas department of France. 425 sq. mi. (1100 sq. km). Capital: Fort-de-France.
- mascarpone — a very soft Italian cream cheese made from cow's milk.
- massacring — Present participle of massacre.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- mcpartland — Marian, 1918–2013, British jazz pianist and composer, in U.S. since 1946.
- meatscreen — a metal screen placed behind meat that is being roasted in order to reflect the fire's heat
- mechanizer — A person who, or machine that mechanizes.
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- menarcheal — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.