10-letter words containing n, o, i, c
- coronating — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- coronation — A coronation is the ceremony at which a king or queen is crowned.
- corotation — the act of corotating
- coroutines — Plural form of coroutine.
- corralling — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- correcting — Present participle of correct.
- correction — Corrections are marks or comments made on a piece of work, especially school work, which indicate where there are mistakes and what are the right answers.
- correption — the shortening of vowels in pronunciation
- corrientes — a port in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River. Pop: 340 000 (2005 est)
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- cosentient — perceiving simultaneously or together
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- cosmogenic — (of an isotope) produced by cosmic rays
- cosmogonic — a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system.
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- costeaning — the activity of mining for lodes
- costliness — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cotillions — Plural form of cotillion.
- cotter pin — a split pin secured, after passing through holes in the parts to be attached, by spreading the ends
- cotton gin — a machine used for separating seeds from raw cotton
- cotton tie — a light, narrow strip of metal for binding together bales of cotton, hemp, jute, etc.
- cottontail — A cottontail is a type of rabbit commonly found in North America.
- cottonwick — a grunt, Haemulon melanurum, of warm Atlantic seas.
- councillor — A councillor is a member of a local council.
- councilman — A councilman is a man who is a member of a local council.
- councilmen — Plural form of councilman.
- councilors — Plural form of councilor.
- counseling — Counseling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterpin — bedspread.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- countywide — Occurring or extending throughout a county.
- couriering — Present participle of courier.
- cousinhood — Relationship as of cousins.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- covariance — a measure of the association between two random variables, equal to the expected value of the product of the deviations from the mean of the two variables, and estimated by the sum of products of deviations from the sample mean for associated values of the two variables, divided by the number of sample points. Written as Cov (X, Y)
- covetingly — in a covetous manner
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- coyishness — the quality of being coyish
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery