10-letter words containing c, o, n, t, r
- narrowcast — to aim a program or programming at a specific, limited audience or sales market.
- necrolater — a person who worships the dead
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- necrotized — to undergo necrosis.
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- nectareous — nectarous.
- neoterical — Alternative form of neoteric.
- neotropics — Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neurotoxic — poisonous to nerve tissue, as to the brain or spinal cord.
- nitrogenic — Of, relating to, or containing nitrogen.
- nociceptor — A sensory receptor for painful stimuli.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- noncentral — not central, esp referring to location or importance
- noncountry — a region, administrative entity, or principality that does not have nation or country status
- noncurrent — Not current.
- nonenteric — of or relating to the enteron; intestinal.
- nonreactor — someone who does not react
- nonreceipt — Lack of receipt; failure to receive.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nootropics — Plural form of nootropic.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- notochords — Plural form of notochord.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- obtruncate — to slice or chop off the head or top part of
- oceanfront — the land along the shore of an ocean.
- ochratoxin — a toxin produced by Aspergillus ochraceus and several other molds that commonly contaminate cereal grains: causes intestinal inflammation and kidney and liver degeneration when ingested by animals.
- octachoron — (mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a cube, constructed out of sixteen cubes.
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- octandrian — relating to the classification Octandria or those plants that have eight stamens
- octangular — having eight angles.
- octogenary — (obsolete) Of eighty years of age.
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- off-center — not centered; diverging from the exact center.
- off-centre — If something is off-centre, it is not exactly in the middle of a space or surface.
- onocentaur — a centaur whose legs and body are that of a donkey as opposed to a horse
- open court — a court or trial to which members of the public are freely admitted
- organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
- organicity — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- orthogenic — Psychology. of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for mentally retarded or seriously disturbed children: orthogenic class.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthotonic — characterized by muscular rigidity
- outscoring — Present participle of outscore.
- overacting — Present participle of overact.
- overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
- pancreato- — pancreas
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.