10-letter words containing c, o, n, a
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- knock back — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockabout — Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
- knockbacks — Plural form of knockback.
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou
- lacedaemon — Sparta.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- laconicism — laconic brevity.
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- lanceolate — shaped like the head of a lance.
- land force — an armed force serving on land
- landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
- latch onto — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latticinio — an opaque, white glass first produced in Venice during the Renaissance, often used in thread form to decorate clear glass pieces.
- launceston — a city on N Tasmania.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leucomaine — any of a group of toxic amines produced during animal metabolism
- leucopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- lincolnian — of or relating to Abraham Lincoln, his character, or his political principles.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- local loan — (in Britain) a loan issued by a local government authority
- local sign — the information from a receptor in the eye or the skin signifying respectively a direction in space or a given point on the body
- local wind — one of a number of winds that are influenced predominantly by the topographic features of a relatively small region.
- localising — Present participle of localise.
- localizing — Present participle of localize.
- locational — a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- long beach — a city in SW California, S of Los Angeles: a seaside resort.
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- long-chain — pertaining to molecules composed of long chains of atoms, or polymers composed of long chains of monomers.
- long-coats — dress-like garments formerly worn by a baby
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- lord acton — Lord (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron) 1834–1902, English historian.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- lounge car — club car.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- macaronics — Plural form of macaronic.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- macedonian — a native or inhabitant of Macedonia.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- macmonnies — Frederick William, 1863–1937, U.S. sculptor.
- maconochie — a tinned stew of meat and vegetables given to soldiers during World War 1
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.