10-letter words containing c, o, n, e
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- case notes — the notes taken by a doctor, lawyer, or social worker about a case they are working on
- caseinogen — the principal protein of milk, converted to casein by rennin
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- cast stone — a building component, such as a block or lintel, made from cast concrete with a facing that resembles natural stone
- catenaccio — an extremely defensive style of play
- catenation — the act or process of catenating.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- celadonite — a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- cell phone — a mobile phone
- cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- censorware — (computing) Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage. Content filtering software, or a component in an operating system or console used to disable reception of media on the basis of content believed to be objectionable.
- centerfold — A centerfold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centillion — (in Britain and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 600 zeros (10600)
- centipoise — one hundredth of a poise. 1 centipoise is equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre
- centistoke — one hundredth of a stoke
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- centromere — the dense nonstaining region of a chromosome that attaches it to the spindle during mitosis
- centronics — (company, hardware, printer) A company in Hudson N.H., USA, best known for designing the parallel interface for printers with the same name, found on many microcomputers.
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
- ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
- ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
- ceremonies — Plural form of ceremony.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- cessations — Plural form of cessation.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
- ceylon tea — a tea from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- chalkstone — tophus
- chamaeleon — a faint constellation lying between Volans and the South celestial pole
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chancellor — Chancellor is the title of the head of government in Germany and Austria.
- change off — to take turns
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- channel op — (messaging) /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits and to make others into CHOPs. The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.