10-letter words containing o, n, c, e
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- coyishness — the quality of being coyish
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- crazy bone — funny bone
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crescendos — Plural form of crescendo.
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crinolette — a steel framework worn under the skirt to distend its rear section, fashionable in the mid-18th century
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crinolines — Plural form of crinoline.
- criterions — Plural form of criterion.
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crooked on — hostile or averse to
- crooknecks — Plural form of crookneck.
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- crossbones — a representation of two thighbones placed across each other, usually under that of a skull, used as a symbol of death or danger
- crosslines — Plural form of crossline.
- croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
- crown fire — a forest fire that spreads along treetops, often at great speeds.
- crown lens — a lens made of optical crown, esp the optical-crown part of a compound achromatic lens
- crownbeard — any of various American composite plants constituting the genus Verbesina, having clustered, usually yellow flower heads.
- crownpiece — the piece forming or fitting the top of something
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- cryoconite — a dark powder found at the bottom of glacier holes, formerly thought to be cosmic in origin but now widely regarded to be terrestrial
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- cut no ice — to fail to make an impression
- cuttlebone — the internal calcareous shell of the cuttlefish, used as a mineral supplement to the diet of cage-birds and as a polishing agent
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cyclodiene — a group of organic insecticides, many of which are banned in the US and Europe
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- czernowitz — German name of Cernăuţi.
- 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.
- deaconhood — the position of a deacon