10-Letter Words Containing C

""Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions. Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.""

Allocate

Divvying-up process

Assignment left in a particular spot

Arrangement of resources or funds

Allocator

""The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.""

Being genetically different although belonging to or obtained from the same species: allogeneic tissue grafts.

Of or pertaining to allometry.

""Ecology Occurring in separate, nonoverlapping geographic areas. Often used of populations of related organisms unable to crossbreed because of geographic separation.""

Of or pertaining to an allophone.

Of or involving a change in the shape and activity of an enzyme that results from molecular binding with a regulatory substance at a site other than the enzymatically active one.

Zero latitude given to everybody, in more than one form

Everything round earthly circle existing in more than one form

A couple of lines? Old line on map taking more than one form

ALLOWANCE Approval; approbation.

Pays to play (wordplay)

Adjustments for expenses (wordplay)

Teenagers' earnings (wordplay)

ALOGICAL outside the domain of logic

Broker's Swiss shares selection?

Mountain climber's staff

Mountain traveller's long spiked staff

Arranged just like these words? Yes!

Like some codes

Like characters in a script

Could be ARIA 1100 HELP

Art for the masses (wordplay)

Communion table screen

Painting placed prominently in church

Were at each other's throats

Wrangled.

Wrangles

Globular clouds of intermediate height

High clouds

Clouds with flat bases forming continuous layers at 2,400 to 6,000 metres

Unselfish liars? Cut it out!

Concerned for others' wellbeing

Hardly selfish

Amberjack

""Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms. as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.""

""One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays.""

Emergency vehicles

""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""

""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""

Surprise attacks

Waylays.

Amebocyte

Court-imposed penalty

Fine semi-US binder

Punishment with a discretionary fine

AMERCE to fine or punish

Americium

""Of, pertaining, or containing ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.""

""A cell, such as a leukocyte, having amoeboid form or motion.""

""A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (\'de -- \'de); as, h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.h. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet\'b6ic.""

""A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in c\'best. c\'best.""

Partly one and partly the other; neither acid nor alkaline; neutral.

A semisynthetic penicillin which can be considered as the common benzylpenicillin containing an amino group at the alpha benzyl position.

""Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment. as, an amylolytic ferment.""

Discrepancy between the chronological order of events and the order in which they are related in a plot.

Breaks in grammatical sequence

A haul Acton possibly offers of syntactic non sequiturs

Done in low relief, as a cameo

""Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.""

Analeptic

Hospital numbers (wordplay)

Aspirin, for example

Numbers used in gas scale

Analgetic

Built on comparisons

Having similarity

Breaking down (wordplay)

Type of geometry

Logically reasoning

Aiding the memory

Kind of lens used by moviemakers

Anapestic

Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

""Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.""

Anarchism

Sacco and Vanzetti

An unruly lot that won't take orders

Some Russian Revolution figures

""Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.""

Of bodily structure

Of a branch of biology.

Involving the body

Ancestor

Cane's tangled hair for bear (wordplay)

Eve, for example (wordplay)

Eve, ultimately

Organized "resistance" (wordplay)

Organized 'resistance' (wordplay)

Families creating pieces de resistance

Tie-ups (wordplay)

Moorings

They may have agoraphobia

Solitary types disoriented in chain store

Chain store is awful for those seeking solitude

Reclusive.

Styptic. <mark>[Obs.]<mark>

Anchoveta

English word

Of great age; very old.

""Pl. androecia (-sh - , -sh ) The stamens of a flower considered as a group.""

Of or pertaining to androgens; having physiological effects like that of an androgen.

Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.

Noted cast I reassembled for storyteller

Raconteur.

Storyteller

""ANEMIC suffering from anemia, also ANAEMIC""

Ether, for one

It may put you to sleep

It may be administered before surgery

Pl. angiogeneses (-s z ) The formation of new blood vessels.

Made English clean digs I refurbished

Anglicise

Anglicism

Adapted a foreign word to English usage

Pronounces in a certain way.

""ANILINE a chemical compound, also ANILIN""

Paramecium, rotifer, etc.

Microscopic organism

Microscopic creature

Being very small but old-womanish about bad French copper

""Pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style. as, the dry annalistic style.""

Game-show VIPs

Ball game describers

They may call the shots

Declaring

Scan anyone sick with pains in the neck

Soreness causes

Little buggers

Mutant canine tuna, say

Declare girl in acute trouble

Announce (arch.)

ANODIC pertaining to an {anode=n}

Anorectic

""ANORTHITE A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar. Feldspar.""

Going before (in time/order)

Hannah, in "Hannah and Her Sisters"

Preceding in time

Antecede

Previous incumbent

Forerunner.

Forerunner

Galilee, the place arranged with an opening

Antechoir

Anthelix

Anthocyan

""A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.""

I burn, but break your heart? I can't!

Hard, lustrous coal

Hard type of coal

Treatment for bacterial infections

Medicine destroying micro-organisms

Substance that destroys bacteria

CAKING the act of caking

Powerful drug-treatment class

Like chemotherapy drugs

CARIES tooth decay

CHURCH to bring to a building for Christian worship

Forward-looking insect?

Forward-looking insect (wordplay)

Expecting awful panic stations, sending out SOS

Prepare for (a future event)

Predict - ape in attic (anagram)

Expect worker here for the French spread

Not for the summit (wordplay)

It goes pfft!

For God, for country, and for Yale.

Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. Synclinal.

Anticline

Anticodon

DROMIC pertaining to a race-course

Same as Antemetic. Antemetic.

EROTIC an amatory poem

HEROIC an epic verse

""HIJACK to steal in transit, also HIGHJACK""

Antiknock

Antimycin

Against the making of illegal copies

POETIC pertaining to {poetry=n}

Unable to stand the heat (wordplay)

RACISM a doctrine of racial superiority

RACIST an advocate of {racism=n}

Application for injury benefit, perhaps

Preventing growth of microorganisms

Alcohol, for example.

Not a company man (wordplay)

Like Holden Caulfield

Not fond of parties

Counteracting electrical build-up

Kind of carpet

Tending to resist charge build-up

Exactly opposite.

Opposite

Preventing or reducing anxiety; antianxiety.

""Pl. aphaereses or aphereses (-s z ) The loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word, as in till for until.""

Inclined to quote maxims

Like an adage

Expressed pithily.

Breeding and care of bees

One might be keeping this, by the sound of it

Bringing up workers in a religious environment

End of the world

The White Horseman exhibited a new one

Prophetic Biblical revelation

Apocarpy

Make lay chap pro? Questionable

Of questionable authenticity

Happy carol that's become legendary

1. unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration

Like party avoiders (wordplay)

Like a no-party person (wordplay)

Word applying to few in Washington

In a sorry state (wordplay)

With hat in hand, perhaps

So sorry and disturbed, to ogle a pic

8 captain briefly could get mad

Red with rage

Overcome with anger

""Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.""

Apostacy

A drug he's no right to carry (wordplay)

Nameless "Romeo and Juliet" character

Character in "Romeo and Juliet."

Of or pertaining to the apothecium.

""The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.""

Intended to ward off evil: an apotropaic symbol.

Item on a personnel chief's checklist

Item on a personnel director's list

Reason for a face lift

Additional sections of a book.

Supplements that might cause grumbling (wordplay)

Supplementary materials

To perceive; to comprehend.

Appetence

They may be upset

They're sometimes upset

Plans are disrupted when they're upset

Life rival (wordplay)

Fruit-and-cinnamon-flavored cereal

Circular kids' cereal: 2 wds.

Nonsense, to fruit-lovers (wordplay)

Served with pork? Nonsense!

A likely story!

Mixers, for example

Electrical devices

Kitchen needs

Fit old man's back caught in elastic

Relevant, appropriate

Relevant program on TV about Blair regularly skipped

Hirer's interviewees

Job seekers.

Resume submitters

Nail polish brush, for example

Cosmetician's device.

Device used as a swab.

Increase (in value)

(Of asset) rise in value

Be fully aware of.

Sugarplum is what one gets!

Worker learning a trade

One is bound to be in training

Was nearly as good as

Came near

Drew near

Nuisance at a phone store (wordplay)

Means of access.

Cowboy, for example, captured by Indians comes closer

ARABICIZE

Arabicize

Arachnoid

""ARAGONITE A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.""

""Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.""

Araucaria

Arccosine

Archaise

""Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.""

Archaize

High spirits (wordplay)

Most high beings

*High-ranking heavenly beings

Coy Joey (wordplay)

Provincial administrator (wordplay)

Canterbury tales subject

Roguish cleric (wordplay)

Cleric ruined chance with Dora

Ecclesiastic next below a bishop

""Pl. archegonia (-n - ) A multicellular, often flask-shaped, egg-producing organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms.""

Study of past human culture

Prehistoric-culture study

""A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch\'91todon rostratus.Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Ch\'91todon rostratus.""

Real and patchy - crudely typical!

Classic N chapel tray (anagram)

Chat with player when ground's ideal

Original models of sports cars found on bridge

Vampire Aristocrats, in Dungeons & Dragons

Ones making plans

Pritzker Prize winners

Bezaleel et al.

Frame for door or window

Beam resting on tops of columns.

Frame Alistair, vacuously taking tab at party

Record-keepers of a sort

They say Gemmill leaps over fancy formations

Archness

Archosaur

""A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.""

Trigonometry function

45 degrees, for 1

A fellow admitting misdemeanour finally can't somehow function

ARCTIC a warm waterproof overshoe

Arecoline

Sandy.

Sandy

Upperclass man (wordplay)

Effendi, for one

One of the upper crust

Activity for summer (wordplay)

Field of operations (wordplay)

R without an apostrophe (wordplay)

Armistice

Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm: "a slight arrhythmic imperfection when the car idles" (Garrison Keillor).

Arrogance

Arsenical

Neuralgic pain in a joint or joints.

Arthritic

Edible thistles that may be stuffed

Their hearts are often preserved in jars

Edible flower heads are so thick, oddly

Endowed with the power of speech.

Of Carney's film roles (wordplay)

A tacit rule that's broken, say

Expressing oneself clearly.