10-letter words containing c, r, a, n, i
- monocratic — government by only one person; autocracy.
- monoracial — Of a single race (ethnicity).
- monorganic — (biology, medicine) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ or a single set of organs.
- morganatic — of or relating to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner.
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- morticians — Plural form of mortician.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muscarinic — of or relating to muscarine.
- musicianer — (slang) musician.
- narcissism — inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive self-love; vanity. Synonyms: self-centeredness, smugness, egocentrism.
- narcissist — a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
- narcomania — Psychiatry. abnormal craving for a drug to deaden pain.
- narcotised — Simple past tense and past participle of narcotise.
- narcotized — to subject to or treat with a narcotic; stupefy.
- narcotizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of narcotize.
- naturistic — Pertaining to naturism (doctrine attributing everything to nature).
- naviculare — a small boat-shaped bone of the wrist or foot
- naviculars — Plural form of navicular.
- necessaire — A small case for holding personal items.
- nectarines — Plural form of nectarine.
- nectarlike — Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
- neoterical — Alternative form of neoteric.
- nicaraguan — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- nicobarese — a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
- nicrosilal — a form of cast iron alloy containing nickel and chromium, developed for its hardness, ductility, and resistance to heat
- nigromancy — black magic; demonic magic
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- noncaloric — of or relating to calories: the caloric content of food.
- noncardiac — not related to the heart or to heart disease
- noncarrier — a person or thing that does not carry something, such as a disease or genetic predisposition to something
- noncrucial — Not crucial.
- nonorganic — 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.
- 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.
- nuclearism — a political philosophy maintaining that nuclear weapons are the best means of assuring peace and of attaining political goals.
- nuclearize — to equip with nuclear weapons; give nuclear capability to: a fear that armed forces on both sides would become nuclearized.
- nudibranch — a shell-less, marine snail of the suborder Nudibranchia, having external, often branched respiratory appendages on the back and sides.
- nunciature — the office or the term of service of a nuncio.
- occasioner — a person who or that which generates or precipitates something
- oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
- 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.
- octandrian — relating to the classification Octandria or those plants that have eight stamens
- octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
- orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
- ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
- ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
- organicism — 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).
- 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.
- organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.