10-letter words containing c, o, r, i, n, t
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cotter pin — a split pin secured, after passing through holes in the parts to be attached, by spreading the ends
- 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.
- 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
- counterpin — bedspread.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- cribration — the action of sifting, esp (in pharmacy) to separate finer particles of a drug from coarser particles
- crinolette — a steel framework worn under the skirt to distend its rear section, fashionable in the mid-18th century
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- criterions — Plural form of criterion.
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- croton oil — a yellowish-brown oil obtained from the plant Croton tiglium, formerly used as a drastic purgative
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- cryoconite — a dark powder found at the bottom of glacier holes, formerly thought to be cosmic in origin but now widely regarded to be terrestrial
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- czernowitz — German name of Cernăuţi.
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- decreation — Destruction.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- directions — the act or an instance of directing.
- disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discretion — the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
- disjunctor — a small body found in the spores of some fungi
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dracontine — Belonging to a dragon.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- ecocentric — a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings.
- effraction — a breaking into a house, store, etc., by force; forcible entry.
- egocentric — Thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others ; self-centered.
- electronic — (of a device) Having or operating with the aid of many small components, esp. microchips and transistors, that control and direct an electric current.
- encloister — to imprison or cloister