10-letter words containing o, c, a, n
- 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
- crazy bone — funny bone
- 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
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- crossandra — any shrub of the free-flowering mostly African genus Crossandra, grown in greenhouses for their large yellow, lilac, or orange flowers: family Acanthaceae
- crossbands — Plural form of crossband.
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
- crown land — (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
- crown wart — a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- cumulation — the act of cumulating; accumulation.
- cunctation — delay
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- custodians — Plural form of custodian.
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cycloidian — of or pertaining to a cycloid
- cyclosarin — Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- daemonical — Of or relating to daemons; diabolical.
- dance form — the binary form used in most of the movements of the 18th-century suite.
- dancefloor — Alternative form of dance floor.
- daunomycin — an anthracycline drug that is used as a medication in the treatment of some forms of cancer
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon
- deaconries — Plural form of deaconry.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- decaborane — (inorganic compound) The stable borane B10H14.
- decadelong — lasting for a decade: After a decadelong study, the drug has finally been approved by the FDA.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- decanormal — (of a solution) containing ten equivalent weights of solute per liter of solution.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- decennoval — relating to nineteen
- decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.