10-letter words containing n, a, r, c
- california — a state on the W coast of the US: the third largest state in area and the largest in population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the Coast Range, deserts in the south, the fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in the east; major industries include the growing of citrus fruits and grapes, fishing, oil production, electronics, information technology, and films. Capital: Sacramento. Pop: 35 484 453 (2003 est). Area: 411 015 sq km (158 693 sq miles)
- cameration — vaulting
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- campanular — shaped like a bell
- camper van — A camper van is a van which is equipped with beds and cooking equipment so that you can live, cook, and sleep in it.
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- can opener — A can opener is the same as a tin opener.
- can-opener — a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.
- canal rays — rays of positive ions passing through openings in the cathode of a vacuum tube
- cancerette — (slang, derogatory) A cigarette.
- cancerroot — any parasitic plant of the genus Orobanche, especially O. uniflora, of North America, having pale, leafless stalks bearing a single white or purplish flower.
- cancionero — a songbook
- cancriform — shaped like a crab
- candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
- candy corn — a small candy shaped and colored to look like a kernel of corn.
- cane chair — a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.
- cane grass — any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- canebrakes — Plural form of canebrake.
- canecutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- cannisters — Plural form of cannister.
- cannizzaro — Stanislao [stah-neez-lah-aw] /ˌstɑ nizˈlɑ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1826–1910, Italian chemist.
- cannoneers — Plural form of cannoneer.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- cant frame — any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- cantabrian — of, relating to or from the province of Cantabria
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantatrice — a female singer, esp a professional soloist
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- canvassers — Plural form of canvasser.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carabineer — a soldier armed with a carbine
- carabinero — a Chilean police officer
- carabiners — Plural form of carabiner.
- carabinier — (formerly) a soldier armed with a carbine.
- caramanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.