10-letter words containing u, n, c, o
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- body count — the number of people killed
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent
- bonus pack — anything sold with a product and marketed as a useful and free extra
- bounceable — to spring back from a surface in a lively manner: The ball bounced off the wall.
- bounceback — the act or an instance of bouncing back, recovering, or recuperating: Fall sales have experienced a tremendous bounceback.
- bouncedown — an occasion of restarting play by the umpire bouncing the ball
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- box column — a hollow wooden column, as for a porch, usually having a rectangular cross section.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- bubonocele — an incomplete hernia in the groin; partial inguinal hernia
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- bunny chow — a dish consisting of a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry
- buononcini — Bononcini.
- cacuminous — (of a tree) having a pointed or a pyramidal top
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- 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
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- causations — Plural form of causation.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cautioning — Present participle of caution.
- cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- chiungchou — Qiongzhou.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chow hound — a person who eats food in large quantities or with great gusto; glutton.