10-letter words containing c, r, u, n
- cresta run — high-speed tobogganing down a steep narrow passage
- critiquing — an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- 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.
- cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crucifying — Present participle of crucify.
- cruddiness — The quality of being cruddy.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
- crumminess — the state or quality of being crummy
- crumplings — crumpling or folding actions
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- crunchings — any actions in which things are crunched
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- 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.
- crushingly — You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- crustiness — The state of being crusty.
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- cuernavaca — a city in S central Mexico, capital of Morelos state: resort with nearby Cacahuamilpa Caverns. Pop: 723 000 (2005 est)
- cuisiniere — a female cook or chef.
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- culinarian — a person skilled in cookery
- culinarily — of, relating to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cummerbund — A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist as part of a man's evening dress.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- curb reins — reins attached to a curb bit
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- curmurring — a low rumbling or murmuring sound
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- currencies — Plural form of currency.
- cursedness — The state or quality of being cursed.
- curtailing — Present participle of curtail.
- curtain-up — the moment when the curtain is raised and a play or similar show begins
- curtaining — Present participle of curtain.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- curtseying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curvetting — Present participle of curvet.
- cyberbunny — (abuse) Someone who knows absolutely nothing about computers and advises people who know absolutely nothing about computers. The term is used mostly on AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- decurrency — the action of flowing downwards