10-letter words containing c, e, n, t
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cachinnate — to laugh loudly
- caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- caffeinate — To add caffeine.
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calumniate — to slander
- cameration — vaulting
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- cancellate — having a spongy or porous internal 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.
- 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.
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- canecutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
- 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)
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- cantilenas — Plural form of cantilena.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cantillate — to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- cantonment — A cantonment is a group of buildings or a camp where soldiers live.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- canzonetta — a short cheerful or lively song, typically of the 16th to 18th centuries
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- captivance — captivity
- carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carbonette — a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carmarthen — a market town in S Wales, the administrative centre of Carmarthenshire: Norman castle. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carnallite — a white or sometimes coloured mineral consisting of a hydrated chloride of potassium and magnesium in orthorhombic crystalline form: a source of potassium and also used as a fertilizer. Formula: KCl.MgCl2.6H2O
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues