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