9-letter words containing o, n, c, e, i
- cornering — the ability of a motor vehicle to cope with bends or corners in a road
- cornetist — a person who plays the cornet
- cornfield — A cornfield is a field in which corn is being grown.
- corniches — Plural form of corniche.
- cornified — Converted into horn; horny.
- corniness — the quality of being corny
- corolline — relating to a corolla
- coroutine — (programming) A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
- corrigent — (in a medicine) an ingredient that negates a side effect of another ingredient
- corseting — Present participle of corset.
- cortisone — Cortisone is a hormone used in the treatment of arthritis, allergies, and some skin diseases.
- coshering — Present participle of cosher.
- cosmoline — a substance obtained from petroleum that is similar to petrolatum and is applied to machinery, esp vehicles or weapons, in order to prevent rust
- cosseting — to treat as a pet; pamper; coddle.
- cottering — Present participle of cotter.
- cotunnite — a soft, white to yellowish mineral, lead chloride, PbCl 2 , that forms as an alteration product of galena.
- countline — (in the confectionery trade) a chocolate-based bar
- countries — a state or nation: What European countries have you visited?
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- coverings — Plural form of covering.
- cowritten — to coauthor.
- creations — The action or process of bringing something into existence.
- cremation — to reduce (a dead body) to ashes by fire, especially as a funeral rite.
- crenation — any of the rounded teeth or the notches between them on a crenate structure
- crepoline — a light silk or silk and wool material used in dressmaking
- cretinoid — a person suffering from cretinism.
- cretinous — If you describe someone as cretinous, you think they are very stupid.
- crimsoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crimson.
- crinoline — A crinoline was a round frame which women wore under their skirts in the 19th century.
- criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
- crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
- cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
- crossline — a line crossing another line or connecting two separated points: The main lines are linked at intervals by crosslines.
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- ctesiphon — an ancient city on the River Tigris about 100 km (60 miles) above Babylon. First mentioned in 221 bc, it was destroyed in the 7th and 8th centuries ad
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cunjevois — Plural form of cunjevoi.
- cupertino — a town in W California.
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cushionet — a small cushion
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- decession — a going away, lessening, or weakening
- decide on — If you decide on something or decide upon something, you choose it from two or more possibilities.
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)