10-letter words containing n, o, c, t, i
- calcitonin — a hormone secreted by the thyroid that inhibits the release of calcium from the skeleton and prevents a build-up of calcium in the blood
- cameration — vaulting
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- canon city — a town in central Colorado.
- canonicate — the office or rank of a canon; canonry
- canonicity — the fact or quality of being canonical
- canonistic — relating to or belonging to a canonist
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- capitation — a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per head
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- carnations — Plural form of carnation.
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- carrington — Dora, known as Carrington. 1893–1932, British painter, engraver, and letter writer; a member of the Bloomsbury Group
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartoonist — A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- cassations — Plural form of cassation.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- cataloging — Make a systematic list of (items of the same type).
- catalonian — sb from Catalonia
- cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
- catenaccio — an extremely defensive style of play
- catenation — the act or process of catenating.
- catholicon — a remedy for all ills; panacea
- 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.
- cavilation — Alternative spelling of cavillation.
- cavitation — the formation of vapour- or gas-filled cavities in a flowing liquid when tensile stress is superimposed on the ambient pressure
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- celadonite — a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- centillion — (in Britain and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 600 zeros (10600)
- centipoise — one hundredth of a poise. 1 centipoise is equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre
- centistoke — one hundredth of a stoke
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- 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.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- cessations — Plural form of cessation.
- 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
- check into — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines