10-letter words containing r, a, c, e, n
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- cladoceran — any minute freshwater crustacean of the order Cladocera, which includes the water fleas
- clambering — of or relating to plants that creep or climb like vines, but without benefit of tendrils.
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- clarenceux — the second King-of-Arms in England
- clattering — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- clean room — an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, in which environmental contaminants are kept to an absolute minimum
- clearances — Plural form of clearance.
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
- co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
- co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
- coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
- coarseness — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- coenosarcs — Plural form of coenosarc.
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- collarbone — Your collarbones are the two long bones which run from throat to your shoulders.
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
- commanders — Plural form of commander.
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- common era — Christian Era
- compearant — a person who appears in court
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- conacreism — the Irish system of letting farming land for a season or for eleven months
- concealers — Plural form of concealer.
- concertina — A concertina is a musical instrument consisting of two end pieces with stiff paper or cloth that folds up between them. You play the concertina by pressing the buttons on the end pieces while moving them together and apart.
- confederal — being or of a confederation of independent nations or states
- conferable — Alternative spelling of conferrable.
- congregant — Congregants are members of a congregation.
- congregate — When people congregate, they gather together and form a group.
- consecrate — When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- conservant — having the quality of conserving or preserving
- conservate — (dated, transitive) To conserve.
- containers — Plural form of container.
- contracept — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- contractee — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- contrapose — to place in contraposition.
- contraries — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- contrasted — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.