10-letter words containing o, c, t, a, n
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- au courant — up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auctioning — Present participle of auction.
- autochthon — one of the earliest known inhabitants of any country; aboriginal
- autonoetic — Of or relating to autonoesis.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- backend-to — in a reversed position; backward.
- balconette — a lightly padded bra that is designed to lift and enhance the appearance of a woman's bust
- balopticon — a type of stereopticon for projecting images of objects by reflected light.
- bandicoots — Plural form of bandicoot.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- bilocation — the existence of something in two places at the same time
- black knot — a fungal disease of plums and cherries caused by Dibotryon morbosum, characterized by rough black knotlike swellings on the twigs and branches
- blackstone — Sir William. 1723–80, English jurist noted particularly for his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69), which had a profound influence on jurisprudence in the US
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- brown coat — arriccio.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- cacotopian — relating to cacotopia
- caen stone — a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- calcitonin — a hormone secreted by the thyroid that inhibits the release of calcium from the skeleton and prevents a build-up of calcium in the blood
- cameration — vaulting
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- canal boat — A canal boat is a long, narrow boat used for travelling on canals.
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- cancerroot — any parasitic plant of the genus Orobanche, especially O. uniflora, of North America, having pale, leafless stalks bearing a single white or purplish flower.
- candy-coat — sugarcoat (def 2).
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- cannot but — You use cannot but, could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.
- canon city — a town in central Colorado.
- canonicate — the office or rank of a canon; canonry
- canonicity — the fact or quality of being canonical
- canonistic — relating to or belonging to a canonist
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- cantonized — canton (def 7).
- cantonment — A cantonment is a group of buildings or a camp where soldiers live.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- canzonetta — a short cheerful or lively song, typically of the 16th to 18th centuries