10-letter words containing c, a, r, n
- 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.
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- pyrenocarp — Mycology. a perithecium.
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- 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.
- rabbinical — of or relating to rabbis or their learning, writings, etc.
- rabdomancy — Alt form rhabdomancy.
- racemation — a bunch, collection, or group
- racerunner — a whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, common in the eastern and central U.S., that runs with great speed.
- rachmanism — extortion or exploitation by a landlord of tenants of dilapidated or slum property, esp when involving intimidation or use of racial fears to drive out sitting tenants whose rent is fixed at a low rate
- racing car — a car used for racing, as a specially designed and modified car or stock car.
- rackabones — 'a rack of bones', a metaphor for a person or animal that is very thin or emaciated
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- radication — the act or process of taking root
- radiogenic — Physics. produced by radioactive decay: radiogenic lead; radiogenic heat.
- rail fence — a fence made of rails resting on crossed stakes or across one another at an angle.
- rain check — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain dance — (especially among American Indians) a ritualistic dance performed to bring rain.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- raise cain — the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
- ranch hand — an employee on a ranch
- ranch mink — a semiaquatic mink, Mustela vision, raised commercially for its fur.
- rank scale — (in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme.
- ransacking — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- ranshackle — to ransack
- ranunculus — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Ranunculus, having finely divided leaves and typically yellow five-petalled flowers. The genus includes buttercup, crowfoot, spearwort, and lesser celandine
- rascallion — a villain, a rascal
- ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- re-contact — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- re-enactor — a person who re-enacts something
- reacquaint — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- reactional — a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- reannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- recallment — a recall
- recanalize — to provide (an area, etc) with a canal or canals again
- recitation — an act of reciting.
- reckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- reclaimant — a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
- recontract — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- recreation — the act of creating anew.