10-letter words containing a, c, o, u
- caoutchouc — rubber; esp. India rubber, or crude, natural rubber, obtained from latex
- capacitous — Having the legal capacity to do something.
- cappuccino — Cappuccino is coffee which is made using milk and has froth and sometimes powdered chocolate on top.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- carburetor — A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and gasoline are mixed together to form a vapor which can be burned.
- cargo cult — a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- 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
- cast about — to make a mental or visual search
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- catalogues — Plural form of catalogue.
- catamounts — Plural form of catamount.
- catholicus — catholicos.
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- 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.
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
- ceratosaur — a carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter).
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- cholagogue — a drug or other substance that promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder into the duodenum
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- ciguatoxin — a toxin found in seafood
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
- cistaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cistaceae, a family of shrubby or herbaceous plants that includes the rockroses
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clay court — a tennis court with a playing surface topped by a layer of crushed shale, brick, or stone
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.
- cloud base — the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer.
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cloud rack — a group of moving clouds
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds