10-letter words containing c, o, n, u, t
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- contactual — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- contentful — Having content.
- contextual — A contextual issue or account relates to the context of something.
- contexture — the fact, process, or manner of weaving or of being woven together
- contiguity — the state of being contiguous; nearness or contact
- contiguous — Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other.
- continuall — Obsolete spelling of continual.
- continuant — a speech sound, such as (l), (r), (f), or (s), in which the closure of the vocal tract is incomplete, allowing the continuous passage of the breath
- continuate — continuous
- continueth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue.
- continuing — not ended; ongoing
- continuity — Continuity is the fact that something continues to happen or exist, with no great changes or interruptions.
- continuous — A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.
- continuums — Plural form of continuum.
- contouring — Present participle of contour.
- contrecoup — an injury, esp to the brain, that occurs at the opposite side of the body from that which was struck
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- contusions — Plural form of contusion.
- conuenient — Obsolete spelling of convenient.
- conventual — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
- convoluted — If you describe a sentence, idea, or system as convoluted, you mean that it is complicated and difficult to understand.
- convolutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convolute.
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- coquetting — to coquet.
- coroutines — Plural form of coroutine.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- cosmonauts — Plural form of cosmonaut.
- cotton bud — A cotton bud is a small stick with a ball of cotton wool at each end, which people use, for example, for applying make-up.
- cotton gum — a tall tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) with cottony leaves, found in swamps of the SE U.S.
- coulterneb — The puffin.
- count down — to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten.
- count noun — A count noun is a noun such as 'bird', 'chair', or 'year' which has a singular and a plural form and is always used after a determiner in the singular.
- count upon — depend on, rely on
- countdowns — Plural form of countdown.
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- countercry — a cry responding to another cry
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- countermen — Plural form of counterman.
- counterpin — bedspread.
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage