10-letter words containing c, o, n, l, u
- leucocidin — an exotoxin, produced by bacteria, that destroys leucocytes
- 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.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- lions club — any of the local clubs that form the International Association of Lions Clubs, formed in the US in 1917 to foster local and international good relations and service to the community
- lipofuscin — any of several brown pigments similar to melanin that accumulate in animal cells with age and are products of oxidation of lipids and lipoproteins.
- loculament — (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
- lose count — to fail to keep an accurate record of items, events, etc
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- lounge car — club car.
- loving cup — a large cup, as of silver, usually with two or more handles, given as a prize, award, token of esteem or affection, etc.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lunch hour — pause from work to eat midday meal
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- miscounsel — to advise wrongly.
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- monticulus — a small protrusion on the face or top of something
- neurocoele — the system of cavities of the embryonic brain and spinal cord.
- neurologic — Relating to neurology or the nervous system.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- nidicolous — remaining in the nest for a period after hatching.
- nolichucky — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing NW and W to the French Broad River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- non-causal — of, constituting, or implying a cause.
- nonaccrual — (finance) Not of or relating to accrual.
- noncrucial — Not crucial.
- nonfactual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- nonfaculty — a position that is not part of an academic faculty
- nonfluency — a lack of fluency
- nonmusical — not belonging to or relating to music
- nonnuclear — not utilizing nuclear power, nuclear weapons, etc.: to fight a nonnuclear war.
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- novaculite — a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
- nucleation — having a nucleus.
- nucleobase — (biochemistry) The base of a nucleic acid, such as thymine, uracil, adenine, cytosine and guanine.
- nucleolate — containing a nucleolus or nucleoli.
- nucleonics — the branch of science that deals with nuclear phenomena, as radioactivity, fission, or fusion, especially practical applications, as in industrial engineering.
- nucleoside — any of the class of compounds derived by the hydrolysis of nucleic acids or nucleotides, consisting typically of deoxyribose or ribose combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil, or thymine.
- nucleosome — any of the repeating subunits of chromatin occurring at intervals along a strand of DNA, consisting of DNA coiled around histone.
- nucleotide — any of a group of molecules that, when linked together, form the building blocks of DNA or RNA: composed of a phosphate group, the bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, and a pentose sugar, in RNA the thymine base being replaced by uracil.
- occlusions — Plural form of occlusion.
- octangular — having eight angles.
- oculonasal — Pertaining to the eyes and nose.
- offenceful — giving offence; offensive
- on a cloud — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- osculation — the act of kissing.