10-letter words containing t, n, o, e
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chervonets — (formerly) a Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles
- chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chief town — a town or city that is the administrative centre of a region
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
- chockstone — a stone securely jammed in a crack. It may vary in size from a pebble to a large boulder
- chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- cismontane — on this (the writer's or speaker's) side of the mountains, esp the Alps
- cispontine — on the near side of the bridge
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- clay stone — argillite.
- claystones — argillite.
- 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
- clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
- clonotypes — Plural form of clonotype.
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clottiness — the condition of being clotty
- co-edition — a title published jointly by two publishers
- co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
- co-payment — payment required of an insured person for that portion of medical expenses not paid by the insurance company; specif., a fixed fee required for each prescription, visit to a doctor, etc.
- co-routine — a section of a computer program similar to but differing from a subroutine in that it can be left and re-entered at any point
- co-venture — a business project or enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more companies, each sharing in the capitalization and in any profits or losses.
- coadjacent — something that is adjacent to another thing in experience or thought
- coalescent — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coastlines — Plural form of coastline.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- codecenter — (programming) (Formerly Saber-C) A proprietary software development environment for C programs, offering an integrated toolkit for developing, testing, debugging and maintainance.
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- coenobitic — cenobite.
- coenocytes — Plural form of coenocyte.
- coenocytic — an organism made up of a multinucleate, continuous mass of protoplasm enclosed by one cell wall, as in some algae and fungi.
- coenosteum — the calcareous skeleton of a hydrocoral or a coral colony
- coetaneous — of the same age or period
- coeternity — existence for, from, or in eternity with another being
- coexistent — Existing at the same time as something else.
- coexisting — to exist together or at the same time.
- coextended — Simple past tense and past participle of coextend.
- coffee nut — the fruit of the Kentucky coffee tree
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.