10-letter words containing c, o, n, a
- consolable — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- consolably — In an consolable manner.
- consonance — agreement, harmony, or accord
- consonancy — consonance (sense 1)
- consonants — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). (in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Compare vowel (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
- consortial — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- constables — Plural form of constable.
- constans i — (Flavius Julius Constans) a.d. c323–350, emperor of Rome 337–350 (son of Constantine I).
- constantan — an alloy of copper (60 per cent) and nickel (40 per cent). It has a high resistivity that does not vary significantly with temperature and is used in resistors and, with copper, in thermocouples
- constantia — a region of the Cape Peninsula
- constantly — not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable: All conditions during the three experiments were constant.
- constative — (of a statement) able to be true or false
- constipate — to cause constipation in
- constrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrain.
- constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- consulates — Plural form of consulate.
- consultant — A consultant is an experienced doctor with a high position, who specializes in one area of medicine.
- consumable — Consumable goods are items which are intended to be bought, used, and then replaced.
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- contactant — any substance that might induce an allergy by coming in contact with the skin or a mucous membrane.
- contacting — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- contaction — (obsolete) An act of touching.
- contactual — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- contadoran — a member nation of the Contadora Group: action taken by the Contadorans.
- contagions — Plural form of contagion.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- containant — (archaic) A container.
- containers — Plural form of container.
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- containing — to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses.
- contestant — A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
- contextual — A contextual issue or account relates to the context of something.
- continuall — Obsolete spelling of continual.
- continuant — a speech sound, such as (l), (r), (f), or (s), in which the closure of the vocal tract is incomplete, allowing the continuous passage of the breath
- continuate — continuous
- contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.
- contrabass — a member of any of various families of musical instruments that is lower in pitch than the bass
- contracept — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- contractee — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contractor — A contractor is a person or company that does work for other people or organizations.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- contraflow — A contraflow is a situation in which vehicles travelling on a main road in one direction have to use lanes that are normally used by traffic travelling in the opposite direction, because the road is being repaired.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- contraltos — Plural form of contralto.
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- contrapose — to place in contraposition.
- contraprop — a contrapropeller