10-letter words containing e, n, a, c
- intragenic — (genetics) Within a gene.
- intricable — (obsolete) Intricate, entangled.
- intricated — Simple past tense and past participle of intricate.
- invariance — The property of being invariant.
- inveracity — untruthfulness; mendacity.
- inveteracy — the quality or state of being inveterate or deeply ingrained: the inveteracy of people's prejudices.
- inviscated — Simple past tense and past participle of inviscate.
- invocative — invoke.
- irenically — In an irenical manner.
- irradiance — incident flux of radiant energy per unit area.
- isocyanate — a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- itinerancy — the act of traveling from place to place.
- jack benny — Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
- jack plane — a plane for rough surfacing.
- jack-knife — a large pocketknife.
- jackanapes — an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
- jackknifed — Simple past tense and past participle of jackknife.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jackknives — Plural form of jackknife.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jacobethan — noting or pertaining to the architecture of England at the beginning of the 17th century.
- jacobinize — to imbue with Jacobinism.
- jacqueline — a female given name.
- jazz-dance — to perform jazz dance.
- jean blanc — Jean Joseph Charles Louis [zhahn zhaw-zef sharl lwee] /ʒɑ̃ ʒɔˈzɛf ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), 1811–82, French socialist and historian.
- jenga code — (humour, programming) A style of programming which results in the whole thing collapsing when you touch a single block of code. Named after the game where players try to remove wooden blocks from a tower without it falling down. Also known as Crispy Noodle Code.
- jentacular — Of or pertaining to a breakfast taken early in the morning, or immediately on getting up.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- jouissance — Physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- juncaceous — belonging to the plant family Juncaceae.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kentuckian — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- kiel canal — a canal connecting the North and Baltic seas. 61 miles (98 km) long.
- kincardine — a former county in E Scotland.
- kinematics — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- knackeries — Plural form of knackery.
- knackiness — the quality or condition of being knacky
- knapsacked — Simple past tense and past participle of knapsack.
- knee brace — a diagonal member for bracing the angle between two joined members, as a stud or column and a joist or rafter, being joined to each partway along its length.
- kneecapped — Simple past tense and past participle of kneecap.
- kneecapper — Person doing kneecapping.
- lac insect — a scale insect, Laccifer lacca, of southeast Asia, the female of which secretes lac, a substance used in the preparation of shellac, wax, etc.
- lacedaemon — Sparta.
- lacemaking — the art, act, or process of making lace.