10-letter words containing n, o, i, c
- containing — to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses.
- contemning — to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- contending — competing; opposed
- contenting — satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.
- contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
- contentive — a content word or a morpheme that is the root of a content word. Compare functor (def 2).
- contesting — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- contexting — Present participle of context.
- contiguity — the state of being contiguous; nearness or contact
- contiguous — Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other.
- continence — self-restraint; moderation
- continency — self-restraint or abstinence, especially in regard to sexual activity; temperance; moderation.
- continents — one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).
- contingent — A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them.
- 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
- continueth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue.
- continuing — not ended; ongoing
- continuity — Continuity is the fact that something continues to happen or exist, with no great changes or interruptions.
- continuous — A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.
- continuums — Plural form of continuum.
- contorsion — Misspelling of contortion.
- contorting — Present participle of contort.
- contortion — Contortions are movements of your body or face into unusual shapes or positions.
- contortive — characterized by, tending toward, or causing contortions or twisting: contortive movements; contortive pain; contortive alleyways.
- contouring — Present participle of contour.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- contrarian — A contrarian is a person who deliberately behaves in a way that is different from the people around them.
- contraries — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- contrarily — in a perverse or obstinate manner
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- contritely — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- contrition — deeply felt remorse; penitence
- contrivers — Plural form of contriver.
- contriving — to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- contusions — Plural form of contusion.
- conuenient — Obsolete spelling of convenient.
- convecting — Transport (heat or material) by convection.
- convection — Convection is the process by which heat travels through air, water, and other gases and liquids.
- convective — physics: transferring heat, etc.
- convenient — If a way of doing something is convenient, it is easy, or very useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
- convention — A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
- converging — to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
- conversing — to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
- conversion — Conversion is the act or process of changing something into a different state or form.
- converting — Present participle of convert.
- convertion — Misspelling of conversion.
- convertite — a convert, esp a reformed prostitute
- convicting — to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.