10-letter words containing s, e, c, o
- cholecysts — Plural form of cholecyst.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choosiness — The state of being choosy.
- chop-house — a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.
- chophouses — Plural form of chophouse.
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- chosenness — a past participle of choose.
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chromosome — A chromosome is a part of a cell in an animal or plant. It contains genes which determine what characteristics the animal or plant will have.
- chronemics — The study of the communicative function of time.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chuckholes — Plural form of chuckhole.
- chunderous — nauseating
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- cienfuegos — a port in S Cuba, on Cienfuegos Bay. Pop: 147 000 (2005 est)
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- cis person — a person who is cisgender or cissexual.
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- cispontine — on the near side of the bridge
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- clay stone — argillite.
- claystones — argillite.
- clearstory — clerestory
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- clingstone — a fruit, such as certain peaches, in which the flesh tends to adhere to the stone
- clinkstone — a variety of phonolite that makes a metallic sound when struck
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- clogginess — The state or quality of being cloggy.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- clonotypes — Plural form of clonotype.
- close call — a narrow escape from danger
- close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
- close shot — closeup (def 2).
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- close work — work that involves focusing your eyes on a nearby object, such as a book or computer screen, for a prolonged period of time
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- closed set — a set that includes all the values obtained by application of a given operation to its members
- closed-end — of or pertaining to an investment company issuing a fixed number of shares which are traded on an exchange
- closedness — The property of being closed.
- closedowns — Plural form of closedown.