10-letter words containing n, a, o, t, u
- button man — soldier (sense 2) soldier (sense 2b)
- buttonball — a North American plane tree, Platanus occidentalis
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cannot but — You use cannot but, could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- causations — Plural form of causation.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cautioning — Present participle of caution.
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- coadjutant — cooperating
- coadjuvant — Cooperating.
- coagulants — Plural form of coagulant.
- coatimundi — The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a south American carnivore.
- coetaneous — of the same age or period
- colliquant — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- communital — a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
- communitas — the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.
- concentual — (rare) Harmonious, in harmony.
- conceptual — Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind.
- conductant — Able to conduct (e.g. conduct electrical current); conductive.
- confutable — (archaic, or, formal) That can be confuted, i.e. shown to be false; disprovable.
- conjugated — (of a molecule, compound, or substance) containing two or more double bonds alternating with single bonds
- conjugates — Plural form of conjugate.
- conjurator — a person who, through oath, is bound to others, esp a member of a group plotting a conspiracy
- connatural — having a similar nature or origin
- consentual — involving or carried out by mutual consent: a consentual divorce.
- consulates — Plural form of consulate.
- consultant — A consultant is an experienced doctor with a high position, who specializes in one area of medicine.
- consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
- contactual — the act or state of touching; a touching or meeting, as of two things or people.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- contextual — A contextual issue or account relates to the context of something.
- continuall — Obsolete spelling of continual.
- continuant — a speech sound, such as (l), (r), (f), or (s), in which the closure of the vocal tract is incomplete, allowing the continuous passage of the breath
- continuate — continuous
- conventual — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a convent
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- cosmonauts — Plural form of cosmonaut.
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe