10-letter words containing c, r, o, s, u, n
- countersue — to sue (a plaintiff) in response or opposition to a preceding lawsuit
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crown rust — a disease of oats and other grasses, characterized by the formation, on the leaves, of orange or black spores, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia coronata.
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- denouncers — Plural form of denouncer.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discursion — an instance of discursive writing, speech, etc.; a wandering or logically unconnected statement.
- disjunctor — a small body found in the spores of some fungi
- enclosures — Plural form of enclosure.
- encounters — Plural form of encounter.
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- erinaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.
- excursions — Plural form of excursion.
- facinorous — extremely wicked
- incubators — Plural form of incubator.
- incursions — Plural form of incursion.
- indecorous — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- insourcing — The practice of using an organization’s own personnel or other resources to accomplish a task.
- instructor — a person who instructs; teacher.
- insurrecto — (US) A rebel, especially in Cuba or the Philippines during American military involvement there around the start of the 20th century.
- introduces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of introduce.
- involucres — Plural form of involucre.
- knockwurst — knackwurst.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- minicourse — a short, intensive course of study, usually a few weeks long.
- monocerous — having one horn on the head
- monoculars — Plural form of monocular.
- moonstruck — mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
- nectareous — nectarous.
- non-secure — of or relating to a channel of communication, esp on the internet, that is not restricted to authorized users and is not therefore guaranteed to be private and confidential
- nonsecular — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- nuciferous — (of a tree or bush) bearing nuts.
- nucivorous — (of animals) feeding on nuts
- nurse crop — a crop planted in the same field with another crop, especially to minimize the growth of weeds.
- obscurants — Plural form of obscurant.
- opensource — Alternative spelling of open-source.
- outscoring — Present participle of outscore.
- 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.
- preclusion — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- preconsume — to consume in advance
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.