10-letter words containing i, n, p, o, c
- chickenpox — Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- cis person — a person who is cisgender or cissexual.
- cispontine — on the near side of the bridge
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- clip joint — a place, such as a nightclub or restaurant, in which customers are overcharged
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clove pink — carnation (sense 1)
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- co-captain — a joint captain
- coaptation — the joining or reuniting of two surfaces, esp the ends of a broken bone or the edges of a wound
- cochampion — a joint champion
- coconspire — (intransitive) To conspire together with.
- collapsing — Present participle of collapse.
- collapsion — (archaic) collapse.
- colorpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- coming up! — an expression used to announce that a meal is about to be served
- compacting — Present participle of compact.
- compaction — a compacting or being compacted; compression
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- companions — Plural form of companion.
- compansion — Companding.
- companying — Present participle of company.
- comparison — When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things and discover the differences between them.
- compassing — Present participle of compass.
- compassion — Compassion is a feeling of pity, sympathy, and understanding for someone who is suffering.
- compelling — A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
- compersion — The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy, such as in witnessing a toddler's joy and feeling joy in response.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- complaints — A statement that a situation is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.
- completing — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- completion — the act of completing, or finishing
- complexing — Complexing is a process in which a complex is formed.
- complexion — When you refer to someone's complexion, you are referring to the natural colour or condition of the skin on their face.
- compliance — a disposition to yield to or comply with others
- compliancy — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complicant — (of the elytra of a beetle) overlapping
- compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- composting — the activity or practice of converting garden and kitchen waste to compost
- comprising — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comprizing — Present participle of comprize.
- compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape