10-letter words containing e, n, t, i, o
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- catenaccio — an extremely defensive style of play
- catenation — the act or process of catenating.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- celadonite — a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- centillion — (in Britain and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 600 zeros (10600)
- centipoise — one hundredth of a poise. 1 centipoise is equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre
- centistoke — one hundredth of a stoke
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- centronics — (company, hardware, printer) A company in Hudson N.H., USA, best known for designing the parallel interface for printers with the same name, found on many microcomputers.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- cessations — Plural form of cessation.
- cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
- check into — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chief town — a town or city that is the administrative centre of a region
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- cispontine — on the near side of the bridge
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- clingstone — a fruit, such as certain peaches, in which the flesh tends to adhere to the stone
- clinkstone — a variety of phonolite that makes a metallic sound when struck
- clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clottiness — the condition of being clotty
- co-edition — a title published jointly by two publishers
- co-routine — a section of a computer program similar to but differing from a subroutine in that it can be left and re-entered at any point
- coastlines — Plural form of coastline.
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- coenobitic — cenobite.
- coenocytic — an organism made up of a multinucleate, continuous mass of protoplasm enclosed by one cell wall, as in some algae and fungi.
- coeternity — existence for, from, or in eternity with another being
- coexistent — Existing at the same time as something else.
- coexisting — to exist together or at the same time.
- coincident — Coincident events happen at the same time.
- coinventor — a fellow inventor
- coinvestor — a fellow investor
- colemanite — a colourless or white glassy mineral consisting of hydrated calcium borate in monoclinic crystalline form. It occurs with and is a source of borax. Formula: Ca2B6O11.5H2O
- collecting — A collecting tin or box is one that is used to collect money for charity.
- collection — A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time.