10-letter words containing n, o, i, c
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- cribration — the action of sifting, esp (in pharmacy) to separate finer particles of a drug from coarser particles
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crinolette — a steel framework worn under the skirt to distend its rear section, fashionable in the mid-18th century
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crinolines — Plural form of crinoline.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- criterions — Plural form of criterion.
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross wind — a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.
- cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- crosslines — Plural form of crossline.
- crosswinds — Plural form of crosswind.
- croton oil — a yellowish-brown oil obtained from the plant Croton tiglium, formerly used as a drastic purgative
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crown fire — a forest fire that spreads along treetops, often at great speeds.
- crownpiece — the piece forming or fitting the top of something
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- cryoconite — a dark powder found at the bottom of glacier holes, formerly thought to be cosmic in origin but now widely regarded to be terrestrial
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- cuckolding — Present participle of cuckold.
- cuckoopint — a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cunctation — delay
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- cupidinous — having a great desire or cupidity
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- custodians — Plural form of custodian.
- cut no ice — to fail to make an impression
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyclodiene — a group of organic insecticides, many of which are banned in the US and Europe
- cycloidian — of or pertaining to a cycloid
- cyclosarin — Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.
- cylindroid — a cylinder with an elliptical cross section
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cyprinoids — Plural form of cyprinoid.
- cystinosis — a disease caused by a build-up of the amino acid cystine in the body
- cytoglobin — (protein) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells.