10-letter words containing i, n, c
- archegonia — the female reproductive organ in ferns, mosses, etc.
- archfiends — Plural form of archfiend.
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- arciniegas — Germán [her-mahn] /hɛrˈmɑn/ (Show IPA), 1900–1999, Colombian author, editor, and diplomat.
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
- arsenicals — Plural form of arsenical.
- arvicoline — inhabiting meadows or rural areas
- ascendible — Capable of being ascended; climbable.
- ascensions — Plural form of ascension.
- ascertains — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- ascogonium — a female reproductive body in some ascomycetous fungi in which, after fertilization, the asci develop
- ascription — the act of ascribing
- ashkenazic — of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- asskicking — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- astricting — Present participle of astrict.
- astriction — to bind fast; constrain.
- astrionics — the science dealing with the application of electronics to astronautics.
- astronomic — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- asyntactic — showing no syntactical rules or regularity
- at a pinch — If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
- attracting — Present participle of attract.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auctioning — Present participle of auction.
- audiogenic — caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- austenitic — consisting mainly of austenite.
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- autonoetic — Of or relating to autonoesis.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
- avoidances — Plural form of avoidance.
- axenically — in a manner not associated with any other living organism
- axinomancy — prediction of the future using the head of an axe or hatchet
- bacitracin — an antibiotic used mainly in treating bacterial skin infections: obtained from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis
- backbiting — If you accuse someone of backbiting, you mean that they say unpleasant or unkind things about someone who is not present, especially in order to stop them doing well at work.
- backdating — Present participle of backdate.
- backfiring — Present participle of backfire.
- backswings — Plural form of backswing.
- backwinded — Simple past tense and past participle of backwind.
- bacon rind — the outer edge of a slice of bacon, corresponding to the skin of the pig
- balanchine — George. 1904–83, US choreographer, born in Russia
- baldacchin — A rich, embroidered brocade used for clothing in the Middle Ages, the web being gold and the woof silk.
- baldachins — Plural form of baldachin.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.