10-letter words containing i, n, c, o, r
- cornerwise — with a corner in front; diagonally
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cornetists — Plural form of cornetist.
- cornettino — a small woodwind instrument of the cornett family that was popular in northern Europe in the 15th century
- cornettist — A musician who plays the cornett.
- cornfields — Plural form of cornfield.
- cornholing — to have anal intercourse with.
- corniculum — a small horn or corniform part
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cornsticks — Plural form of cornstick.
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- cornwallis — Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
- coronaries — Plural form of coronary.
- coronatine — A polycyclic phytotoxin, produced by some forms of Pseudomonas, that can induce chlorosis.
- coronating — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- coronation — A coronation is the ceremony at which a king or queen is crowned.
- corotation — the act of corotating
- coroutines — Plural form of coroutine.
- corralling — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- correcting — Present participle of correct.
- correction — Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers.
- correption — the shortening of vowels in pronunciation
- corrientes — a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River. Pop: 340 000 (2005 est)
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cotter pin — a split pin secured, after passing through holes in the parts to be attached, by spreading the ends
- councillor — A councillor is a member of a local council.
- councilors — Plural form of councilor.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterpin — bedspread.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- covariance — a measure of the association between two random variables, equal to the expected value of the product of the deviations from the mean of the two variables, and estimated by the sum of products of deviations from the sample mean for associated values of the two variables, divided by the number of sample points. Written as Cov (X, Y)
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- cribration — the action of sifting, esp (in pharmacy) to separate finer particles of a drug from coarser particles
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.