10-letter words containing g, o, n
- carcinogen — A carcinogen is a substance which can cause cancer.
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- cariogenic — (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- carrington — Dora, known as Carrington. 1893–1932, British painter, engraver, and letter writer; a member of the Bloomsbury Group
- cartonnage — The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- caseinogen — the principal protein of milk, converted to casein by rennin
- cataloging — Make a systematic list of (items of the same type).
- cautioning — Present participle of caution.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
- champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
- change off — to take turns
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- chilognath — any member of the diplopod subclass Chilognatha, including millipedes having exoskeletons heavily sclerotized with calcium carbonate.
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- chittagong — a port in E Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal: industrial centre. Pop: 4 171 000 (2005 est)
- chiungchou — Qiongzhou.
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- chronology — The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- cienfuegos — a port in S Cuba, on Cienfuegos Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clingstone — a fruit, such as certain peaches, in which the flesh tends to adhere to the stone
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- clobbering — Present participle of clobber.
- clog dance — a dance in which clogs are worn to beat out the rhythm
- clogginess — The state or quality of being cloggy.
- clownology — The study of being a clown.
- co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
- coagulants — Plural form of coagulant.
- coalescing — Present participle of coalesce.
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coexisting — to exist together or at the same time.
- cofounding — to establish (an organization) with another or others.
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- cogitating — to think hard; ponder; meditate: to cogitate about a problem.