10-letter words containing m, o, n
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centromere — the dense nonstaining region of a chromosome that attaches it to the spindle during mitosis
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
- ceremonies — Plural form of ceremony.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chamaeleon — a faint constellation lying between Volans and the South celestial pole
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- chemokines — Plural form of chemokine.
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- chernozems — Plural form of chernozem.
- chicanismo — pride in one's heritage as a Mexican-American.
- chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- chiromancy — palmistry
- chironomer — a person who is skilled in chironomy
- chironomic — relating to chironomy
- chironomid — a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- cinchonism — a condition resulting from an excessive dose of cinchona bark or its alkaloids, characterized chiefly by headache, ringing in the ears, and vomiting
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamp down — To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- clamp-down — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- clampdowns — Plural form of clampdown.
- clanswoman — a woman belonging to a clan
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models