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10-letter words containing c, o, a, n

  • bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
  • box canyon — a canyon with vertical or almost vertical walls
  • branch off — A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
  • branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
  • brno chair — an armchair designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930, having a cantilevered frame of chromium-plated or stainless steel composed of two interlocking parts, one forming the legs and arms and the other the seat and back frame, with the back and seat lightly upholstered and usually covered with leather.
  • brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
  • brown coat — arriccio.
  • buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
  • cabin hook — a hook and eye for fastening a cabinet door or the like.
  • cacao bean — a seed of the cacao tree.
  • cacodaemon — Wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
  • cacodemons — Plural form of cacodemon.
  • cacogenics — dysgenics.
  • cacophonic — Discordant.
  • cacotopian — relating to cacotopia
  • cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
  • caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
  • caernarfon — a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)
  • caernarvon — a seaport in W Gwynedd, in NW Wales, on Menai Strait: 13th-century castle of Edward II.
  • cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
  • cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
  • calamondin — a small citrus tree, Citrus mitis, of the Philippines
  • calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
  • calcedonio — a type of Venetian opaque glassware, with veins of colour, intended to imitate chalcedony
  • calcinosis — the abnormal deposition of calcium salts in the tissues of the body
  • calcitonin — a hormone secreted by the thyroid that inhibits the release of calcium from the skeleton and prevents a build-up of calcium in the blood
  • caledonian — of or relating to Scotland
  • california — a state on the W coast of the US: the third largest state in area and the largest in population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the Coast Range, deserts in the south, the fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in the east; major industries include the growing of citrus fruits and grapes, fishing, oil production, electronics, information technology, and films. Capital: Sacramento. Pop: 35 484 453 (2003 est). Area: 411 015 sq km (158 693 sq miles)
  • caliginous — dark; dim
  • call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
  • calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
  • callowness — immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.
  • calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
  • calumnious — of or using calumny
  • cameration — vaulting
  • camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
  • campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
  • camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
  • can opener — A can opener is the same as a tin opener.
  • can-opener — a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
  • canaan dog — a strongly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect ears, a dense coat, and a bushy tail carried curled over its back
  • canal boat — A canal boat is a long, narrow boat used for travelling on canals.
  • canal zone — a former administrative region of the US, on the Isthmus of Panama around the Panama Canal: bordered on each side by the Republic of Panama, into which it was incorporated in 1979
  • 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.
  • cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
  • 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.
  • cancionero — a songbook
  • cancriform — shaped like a crab
  • candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
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