10-letter words containing n, o, c, s
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centronics — (company, hardware, printer) A company in Hudson N.H., USA, best known for designing the parallel interface for printers with the same name, found on many microcomputers.
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceremonies — Plural form of ceremony.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- cessations — Plural form of cessation.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
- chain shot — cannon shot comprising two balls or half balls joined by a chain, much used formerly, esp in naval warfare to destroy rigging
- chalazions — Plural form of chalazion.
- chalkstone — tophus
- chameleons — Plural form of chameleon.
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- cheekbones — Plural form of cheekbone.
- chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
- chemokines — Plural form of chemokine.
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chernozems — Plural form of chernozem.
- chersonese — (capital when part of a name)
- chervonets — (formerly) a Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles
- chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
- chicanismo — pride in one's heritage as a Mexican-American.
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chockstone — a stone securely jammed in a crack. It may vary in size from a pebble to a large boulder
- choiceness — The condition of being choice.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choosiness — The state of being choosy.
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chosenness — a past participle of choose.
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chunderous — nauseating
- cienfuegos — a port in S Cuba, on Cienfuegos Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- cinchonism — a condition resulting from an excessive dose of cinchona bark or its alkaloids, characterized chiefly by headache, ringing in the ears, and vomiting
- cis person — a person who is cisgender or cissexual.