10-letter words containing c, e, s, a, n
- neofascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neoplastic — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
- new castle — a city in W Pennsylvania.
- newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- newscaster — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nicobarese — a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
- nictitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nictitate.
- nightscape — a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- nonascetic — a person who is not an ascetic
- nonelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nonspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nose candy — cocaine.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nucleobase — (biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
- null-space — the set of elements of a vector space that a given linear transformation maps to zero.
- nuthatches — Plural form of nuthatch.
- obeisances — Plural form of obeisance.
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
- occasioned — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- occasioner — a person who or that which generates or precipitates something
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- opalescent — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open space — Ecology. undeveloped land that is protected from development by legislation.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- pallescent — becoming paler in colour with increasing age
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- panspermic — relating to panspermia
- pantoscope — a panoramic camera
- parischane — a parish
- patchiness — characterized by or made up of patches.
- peace sign — a sign representing “peace,” made by extending the forefinger and middle finger upward in a V -shape with the palm turned outward.
- pennaceous — having the texture of a penna; not downy.
- pentastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of five lines or verses.
- percussant — (of an animal's tail on a heraldic shield) bent round to the animal's side
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- placidness — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plasticine — Plasticine is a soft coloured substance like clay which children use for making models.
- pleonastic — the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- pneumatics — a pneumatic tire.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy