10-letter words containing u, n, c, a
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- buchmanism — the principles or the international movement of Moral Re-Armament or of the Oxford Group, or belief in or adherence to them.
- buck naked — Someone who is buck naked is not wearing any clothes at all.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
- cabanatuan — city in SC Luzon, in the Philippines: pop. 173,000
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- campanular — shaped like a bell
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- canaliculi — a small canal or tubular passage, as in bone.
- 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.
- cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
- candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- canecutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- cannot but — You use cannot but, could not but, and cannot help but when you want to emphasize that you believe something must be true and that there is no possibility of anything else being the case.
- cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- 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)
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- cappuccino — Cappuccino is coffee which is made using milk and has froth and sometimes powdered chocolate on top.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
- carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
- card punch — keypunch (def 1).
- card-punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- caruncular — Of, relating to, or like, a caruncle.
- cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
- cashew nut — edible nut
- cassumunar — an aromatic, bitter root similar to ginger
- castle nut — a hexagonal nut with six slots in the head, two of which take a locking pin to hold it firmly in position