10-letter words containing n, o, c
- conveyance — A conveyance is a vehicle.
- convicting — to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
- conviction — a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
- convictism — the system of establishing a settlement, esp in Australia, and then transporting convicts to this settlement for confinement
- convictive — able or serving to convince or convict
- convincing — If you describe someone or something as convincing, you mean that they make you believe that a particular thing is true, correct, or genuine.
- convocated — Simple past tense and past participle of convocate.
- convocator — a person who convokes a meeting.
- convoluted — If you describe a sentence, idea, or system as convoluted, you mean that it is complicated and difficult to understand.
- convolutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of convolute.
- convolving — Present participle of convolve.
- convolvuli — Plural form of convolvulus.
- convulsant — producing convulsions
- convulsing — to shake violently; agitate.
- convulsion — If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
- convulsive — A convulsive movement or action is sudden and cannot be controlled.
- cook inlet — an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of S Alaska: part of the Gulf of Alaska
- cool beans — excellent; impressive
- cool drink — any soft drink
- coolnesses — Plural form of coolness.
- coon's age — a long time
- coonhounds — Plural form of coonhound.
- cooptation — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- coparcener — a person who inherits an estate as coheir with others
- copartners — Plural form of copartner.
- copartnery — copartnership
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- coping saw — a handsaw with a U-shaped frame used for cutting curves in a material too thick for a fret saw
- coplotting — the act of plotting points for two different sets of data together on the same graph
- coppermine — river in Nunavut & Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing northwest into the Arctic Ocean: 525 mi (845 km)
- copperskin — a Native American
- coppertone — a reddish-brown color.
- copresence — the presence of multiple things together
- coprisoner — a fellow prisoner
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- copulation — sexual intercourse.
- coq au vin — chicken stewed with red wine, onions, etc
- coquetting — to coquet.
- coral fern — a scrambling fern of the genus Gleichenia, having repeatedly forked fronds
- coral pink — a light to medium yellowish-pink color.
- coral vine — a Mexican climbing vine, Antigonon leptopus, of the buckwheat family, having arrow- or heart-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers.
- corallines — Plural form of coralline.
- corbelling — a set of corbels stepped outwards, one above another
- cordon off — If police or soldiers cordon off an area, they prevent people from entering or leaving it, usually by forming a line or ring.
- cordonbleu — any of several small African finches of the genus Uraeginthus, having pale blue and buff plumage and commonly kept as cage birds.
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather