10-letter words containing c, o, n, s, e, r
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- normalcies — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- nuciferous — (of a tree or bush) bearing nuts.
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- observance — an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- occasioner — a person who or that which generates or precipitates something
- oceanwards — Oceanward.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- off screen — cinema: not on film
- off-screen — You use off-screen to refer to the real lives of film or television actors, in contrast with the lives of the characters they play.
- olecranons — Plural form of olecranon.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- pre-censor — to determine arbitrarily in advance what may or may not be permitted in (books, films, news releases, etc.)
- precession — the act or fact of preceding; precedence.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- princedoms — the position, rank, or dignity of a prince.
- processing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- procession — the act of moving along or proceeding in orderly succession or in a formal and ceremonious manner, as a line of people, animals, vehicles, etc.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- proscenium — Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
- proscience — a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- prosecting — to dissect (a cadaver or part) for anatomical demonstration.
- rackabones — 'a rack of bones', a metaphor for a person or animal that is very thin or emaciated
- raconteurs — Plural form of raconteur.
- raconteuse — a woman who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.
- re-consent — to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive): He consented to the proposal. We asked her permission, and she consented.
- recognised — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizes — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- reconciles — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- recondense — to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- reconquest — the act or state of conquering or the state of being conquered; vanquishment.
- reconsider — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
- recusation — the act of recusing a judge
- redecision — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- rediscount — to discount again.
- rescission — the act of rescinding.
- resorcinol — a white, needlelike, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 O 2 , a benzene derivative originally obtained from certain resins, now usually synthesized: used chiefly in making dyes, as a reagent, in tanning, in the synthesis of certain resins, and in medicine in treating certain skin conditions; meta-dihydroxybenzene.
- resourcing — the provision of resources
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rock snake — any large Australasian python of the genus Liasis
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcodines — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.