10-letter words containing n, o, i, c
- 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.
- convolving — Present participle of convolve.
- convolvuli — Plural form of convolvulus.
- 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 drink — any soft drink
- 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.
- 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
- 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 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
- cordwainer — a shoemaker or worker in cordovan leather
- coregonine — relating to fish of the genus Coregonus of the family Coregonidae, which are also known as whitefish
- corelation — a correlation
- coresident — one of two or more computer programs stored in a computer memory simultaneously
- corigliano — John Paul, born 1938, U.S. composer.
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- corn grits — hominy grits.
- cornerwise — with a corner in front; diagonally
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cornetists — Plural form of cornetist.
- cornettino — a small woodwind instrument of the cornett family that was popular in northern Europe in the 15th century
- cornettist — A musician who plays the cornett.
- cornfields — Plural form of cornfield.
- cornholing — to have anal intercourse with.
- corniculum — a small horn or corniform part
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cornsticks — Plural form of cornstick.
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- cornwallis — Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
- coronaries — Plural form of coronary.
- coronatine — A polycyclic phytotoxin, produced by some forms of Pseudomonas, that can induce chlorosis.