10-letter words containing n, o, i, r
- cameration — vaulting
- cancionero — a songbook
- cancriform — shaped like a crab
- cannizzaro — Stanislao [stah-neez-lah-aw] /ˌstɑ nizˈlɑ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1826–1910, Italian chemist.
- caparisons — Plural form of caparison.
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carabinero — a Chilean police officer
- carbanions — Plural form of carbanion.
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
- carbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbonize.
- carbonizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carbonize.
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- carcinogen — A carcinogen is a substance which can cause cancer.
- carcinoids — Plural form of carcinoid.
- carcinomas — Plural form of carcinoma.
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- cariogenic — (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth
- carnations — Plural form of carnation.
- carnivores — an animal that eats flesh.
- carolinian — of or relating to North or South Carolina
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- carrington — Dora, known as Carrington. 1893–1932, British painter, engraver, and letter writer; a member of the Bloomsbury Group
- carron oil — an ointment of limewater and linseed oil, formerly used to treat burns
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartoonist — A cartoonist is a person whose job is to draw cartoons for newspapers and magazines.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- centronics — (company, hardware, printer) A company in Hudson N.H., USA, best known for designing the parallel interface for printers with the same name, found on many microcomputers.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceredigion — a county of W Wales, on Cardigan Bay: created in 1996 from part of Dyfed; corresponds to the former Cardiganshire (abolished 1974): mainly agricultural, with the Cambrian Mountains in the E and N. Administrative centre: Aberaeron. Pop: 77 200 (2003 est). Area: 1793 sq km (692 sq miles)
- ceremonial — Something that is ceremonial relates to a ceremony or is used in a ceremony.
- ceremonies — Plural form of ceremony.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.