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10-letter words containing u, n, c, i, r

  • cinerarium — a place for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation
  • circannual — noting or pertaining to a biological activity or cycle that recurs yearly.
  • circuiting — Present participle of circuit.
  • circuition — (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
  • circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
  • citrulline — an amino acid that occurs in watermelons and is an intermediate in the formation of urea. Formula: NH2CONH(CH2)3CHNH2COOH
  • clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
  • clustering — cluster
  • cluttering — A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
  • 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
  • coinsuring — Present participle of coinsure.
  • colourings — Plural form of colouring.
  • comminutor — a machine that pulverizes solids, as in waste treatment.
  • compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
  • concurring — to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
  • configured — Simple past tense and past participle of configure.
  • configures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure.
  • coniferous — A coniferous forest or wood is made up of conifers.
  • conquering — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
  • consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
  • construing — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
  • contouring — Present participle of contour.
  • contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
  • copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
  • coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
  • corniculum — a small horn or corniform part
  • cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
  • coroutines — Plural form of coroutine.
  • corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
  • corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
  • councillor — A councillor is a member of a local council.
  • councilors — Plural form of councilor.
  • counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
  • counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
  • countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
  • counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
  • counterpin — bedspread.
  • countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
  • couriering — Present participle of courier.
  • crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
  • critiquing — an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
  • croupiness — the condition of being afflicted with croup
  • cruciating — Present participle of cruciate.
  • cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
  • crucifying — Present participle of crucify.
  • cruddiness — The quality of being cruddy.
  • cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
  • crumblings — any pieces of matter which have crumbled or fallen from a larger part
  • crumminess — the state or quality of being crummy
  • crumplings — crumpling or folding actions
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