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10-letter words containing i, c, o, n, a

  • obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
  • occasional — occurring or appearing at irregular or infrequent intervals; occurring now and then: an occasional headache.
  • occasioned — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
  • occasioner — a person who or that which generates or precipitates something
  • occidental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Occident or its natives and inhabitants.
  • occupation — a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
  • ocean city — a town in SE New Jersey.
  • oceanarium — a large saltwater aquarium for the display and observation of fish and other marine life.
  • oceangoing — (of a ship) designed and equipped to travel on the open sea.
  • oceanicity — the degree to which the climate of a place is influenced by the sea.
  • ocellation — an eyelike spot or marking.
  • ochratoxin — a toxin produced by Aspergillus ochraceus and several other molds that commonly contaminate cereal grains: causes intestinal inflammation and kidney and liver degeneration when ingested by animals.
  • octandrian — relating to the classification Octandria or those plants that have eight stamens
  • octonaries — Plural form of octonary.
  • oil change — the replacement of dirty engine oil with clean engine oil
  • once again — one more time, as an encore
  • oniomaniac — an uncontrollable desire to buy things.
  • onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
  • opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
  • open chain — a series of atoms linked in a chain not joined together at its ends, and so represented in its structural formula.
  • opsomaniac — a person with an extreme enthusiasm for a particular food
  • orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
  • ordinances — Plural form of ordinance.
  • ordovician — noting or pertaining to a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, from 500 million to 425 million years ago, notable for the advent of fish.
  • organicism — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
  • organicist — Philosophy. the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Compare holism (def 1).
  • organicity — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
  • organismic — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
  • orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
  • oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
  • oscitation — The act of yawning or gaping. Also figuratively.
  • osculating — Present participle of osculate.
  • osculation — the act of kissing.
  • ouananiche — A salmon of landlocked populations living in lakes in Labrador and Newfoundland.
  • overacting — Present participle of overact.
  • overaction — Excessive action (as of a muscle of the body).
  • pali canon — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
  • pancosmism — the philosophical doctrine that the material universe is all that exists
  • pandemonic — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
  • panic bolt — a bar that spans an emergency exit door on its interior and opens the latch when pressure is applied.
  • panic room — a secure room with a separate telephone line within a house, to which a person can flee if someone breaks in
  • panopticon — a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
  • pantheonic — a domed circular temple at Rome, erected a.d. 120–124 by Hadrian, used as a church since a.d.
  • pantomimic — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
  • paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
  • parsonical — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
  • pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
  • patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
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