10-letter words containing o, n, c, e, t
- biogenetic — genetic engineering.
- 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
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- 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.
- cameration — vaulting
- camptonite — a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine.
- 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.
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- canonicate — the office or rank of a canon; canonry
- 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
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carbonette — a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- cartoneros — Plural form of cartonero.
- cartonnage — The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- case notes — the notes taken by a doctor, lawyer, or social worker about a case they are working on
- cast stone — a building component, such as a block or lintel, made from cast concrete with a facing that resembles natural stone
- catenaccio — an extremely defensive style of play
- catenation — the act or process of catenating.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- celadonite — a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- centerfold — A centerfold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centillion — (in Britain and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 600 zeros (10600)
- centipoise — one hundredth of a poise. 1 centipoise is equal to 0.001 newton second per square metre
- centistoke — one hundredth of a stoke
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- centromere — the dense nonstaining region of a chromosome that attaches it to the spindle during mitosis
- 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.
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- cessations — Plural form of cessation.
- cestoidean — one of the Cestoda, a class of tapeworm
- ceylon tea — a tea from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)