10-letter words containing g, o, n
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- cosmogenic — (of an isotope) produced by cosmic rays
- cosmogonal — a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
- cosmogonic — a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- costeaning — the activity of mining for lodes
- cosy along — to reassure (someone), esp with false assurances
- cotangents — Plural form of cotangent.
- cotton gin — a machine used for separating seeds from raw cotton
- cotton gum — a tall tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) with cottony leaves, found in swamps of the SE U.S.
- counseling — Counseling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- covetingly — in a covetous manner
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cuckolding — Present participle of cuckold.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cynomolgus — a macaque native to SE Asia
- cytoglobin — (protein) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells.
- darlington — an industrial town in NE England in Darlington unitary authority, S Durham: developed mainly with the opening of the Stockton-Darlington railway (1825). Pop: 86 082 (2001)
- de kooning — Willem (ˈwɪləm). 1904–97, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Holland
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- declotting — a mass or lump.
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- defrosting — Present participle of defrost.
- degenerous — (of a person) inferior to one's ancestors
- degression — a decrease by stages
- deionizing — Present participle of deionize.
- delegation — A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other people on behalf of a larger group of people.