11-letter words containing i, n, o, c, u
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
- causational — the action of causing or producing.
- cell fusion — the merging of two or more cells into a single cell.
- centuriator — a historian who compiles work by centuries, esp one of the writers of the Magdeburg Centuries
- ceremonious — especially or excessively polite or formal
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- churchgoing — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- cineritious — See cinereous.
- cinquecento — the 16th century, esp in reference to Italian art, architecture, or literature
- cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
- circulation — The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.
- civil union — a legally recognized marriage-like union of same-sex partners
- cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
- coadunation — (obsolete) union into a single body or mass; unity.
- coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.
- coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
- coati-mundi — coati
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- coconscious — a division within the subconscious
- coconut ice — a sweetmeat made from desiccated coconut and sugar
- coconut oil — the fatty oil obtained from the meat of the coconut and used for making soap, cosmetics, etc
- coeducation — instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
- cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- column inch — a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- columniform — Having the form of a column.
- columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
- combustions — Plural form of combustion.
- come out in — If you come out in spots, you become covered with them.
- comminuting — Present participle of comminute.
- comminution — The action of reducing a material, an ore, to minute particles or fragments.