10-Letter Words Starting with C

Horse-drawn carriage operators

Cacodemon

""A syrupy, colorless, fuming ptomaine, C 5 H 14 N 2 , formed by the carboxylation of lysine by bacteria in decaying animal flesh.""

Resembling a corpse

Haggard rogue has to swear nothing to us

Thin and bony like a corpse

English word

Educational opportunity for trainees? CDs shape it, possibly

Caducity

Danced to victory

Won easily

""Wood A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazelbrown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood. Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood.""

+Tangerinelike Philippine fruit

""CALCIMINE A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water.""

Figured it out? The accountant did it!

Reckoned it's deliberate

Worked out

Slated

Calender

CALENDER to smooth by pressing between rollers

Calendula

Fine-tuned

Blair acted, in trouble, having graduated

Calliper

""A calcium-binding protein found in all nucleated cells that affects the activity of many calcium-sensitive enzymes, including those involved in muscular contraction.""

Calvados

Modern devices for home movies

Old name for the giraffe

Old mammal arrived with another short of energy

Obsolete word for a giraffe

Camisado

Lobbied for water charges during election, for instance? They did it!

Crusaded

Place to erect a tent

Only common word in the English language with the consecutive letters MPG

Light workout - land a brace!

Kind of 1 across (correctly 1 acrosses)

Menorahs, for example

White-hot vessel sinking

Glowing tin going down

Glowing beer container beside slope

Election Day hopefuls

Ones under consideration

Relatives of dark horses.

Honesty.

""A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it""

Candlenut

Game for skinny-legged keglers?

Kind of bowling

New England style bowling.

Inflammable material (wordplay)

Light fabric (wordplay)

It's often lit in near-darkness

It may be burned for light

Connecticut lake resort.

It's burned for light

Given spin, fair stuff (wordplay)

Light, fluffy confection of spun sugar

Fairground's pink confection

Candytuft

""CANNONADE The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; usually, an attack of some continuance.""

Reportedly, churchman assists shelling

Noises to greet the Fourth.

Sound of repetitive music boosts artillery attacks

Kissing and cuddling

""Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box;""

Like a news brief

Fixed cat - vet paid and delighted

Enchanted

Caracol

Exotic dancer in possession of a vehicle took touring holiday

Carbamide

Carbonade

Carbonado

Fizzy, as a soft drink

Like some beverages.

Fizzy element consumed by daughter

CARBONIZE To cover (an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

English word

Set with carbuncles.

Carburet

CARBURISE

CARBURIZE To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.

Carcinoid

Cardboard

Name on a Visa

Place to keep your 'plastic'

Place to keep your "plastic"

CARDINAL a bright red bird

Chaotic drama with corgi and ticker tape

Diagnostic aid

Beat record

Study of poker (wordplay)

Study of the heart

Heart doctor's field

Carditis

One who wants in on the deal

One holds hands during the game

World Series participant

Bottom dealers, perhaps

Poker pros, say

They may change hands fraudulently

""CAROTENE a plant pigment, also CAROTIN, CARROTIN""

""CAROTIN a plant pigment, also CAROTENE, CARROTIN""

Verticillate ground cover

Carronade

CARTELISE

CARTELIZE

Printer toner containers

War games ammo (with the preceding space)

Printer inserts

Caryatid

Players I kept in school and told off

List of actors I shut up, reprimanded

Players I kept in and chastised

""CATALOGUE A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars. as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.""

Shot out when a cult taped broadcast

Launched at great speed

And here's the pitch (wordplay)

Hear angry talk, then cues for actors

Don't miss what are said to be slogans

CATECHIZE See Catechise. Catechise.

St. Patrick's et al.

Notre-Dame and St. Paul's, notably

They keep large flocks

CATHODAL pertaining to a {cathode=n}

Causeway

Like the Hydra's necks, post-decapitation

Marches as gangster leading another baddy into grottoes (wordplay)

Cavalier

Cedarbird

Cedarwood

Flowers and antelope in these French surroundings

Known to be well like this (wordplay)

Noted Conservative bet leader changes

Observed (festival); famous

Celloidin

Celluloid

Magazine opening (wordplay)

Magazine middle, maybe

Model position (wordplay)

Possibly cited range of temperature

Term replaced by Celsius

Coin I rank by scale

Bugs that technically are misnamed

Gives up about pet in trouble from bugs

Primarily nocturnal arthropods

Mushroom ring, seedcase and seafood, potentially

Mushroom ring shining on group of whales - or squid, say (wordplay)

Thought

Sure, that's all they are

Is T sure cited so as to make them sure (wordplay)

Chagrin

Chainsaw

CHAIRMAN to act as chairman of

Cyclone had dislodged rocky stuff

Quartz coming from Ceylon and Chad

Cyclone had rolled stone

It's often wiped clean

Didn't just accept

Took issue with tax date

Took issue with trial date

Supported

Chancroid

Lighting up (wordplay)

Is it involving candle hire (wordplay)

The light fantastic (wordplay)

""CHANDELLE an abrupt climbing turn made by an airplane, in which the plane's momentum is used to achieve a higher than normal rate of climb, without stalling the aircraft.""

Chandelle

Channel

Drove to prom, say

Performed a duenna's duties

Like many first dates

Charcoal

Cautious about girl getting a drink

White wine grape

Variety of white wine

Supervisor gets help after assault

Pass under attack by group leader

Make worker pay - he's leader of a group

Women who do are fools to accept a date

Cleaners for prince without a princess

Keep an eye on the old woman and man in a doomed situation

European, we hear, got married and finished on board

Machine (not A1, note) tacked badly, totally frustrated

Checkrow

Participates in a pep rally

Where one may run into a mate (wordplay)

Bossed char (anagram)

Where to find a perfect mate (wordplay)

Black-capped birds

Titmice.

Blackcaps

Chickweed

Finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish

Magazine's initial issue (wordplay)

Labor day highlight

Not entirely cool, getting bowled in third awkward delivery

Subjects for novelists.

In an immature fashion

Cold food consumed like a baby

Casserole in the fridge, say? (letters 5-8)

Childly

Like some medicine bottles

Safe for youngsters

Description of some rear door locks (5,5)

Glory-of-the-snow

Chipboard

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges""

""Pl. chlamydiae (- - ) Any of various gram-negative, coccoid microorganisms of the genus Chlamydia, especially C. psittaci and C. trachomatis, that are pathogenic to humans and other animals, causing conjunctivitis in cattle and sheep and trachoma, urethritis, and proctitis in humans.""

CHLAMYDIA a coccoid rickettsia which may infect birds and mammals; it causes infections of eyes and lungs and the genitourinary tract.

Chlordane

Chondrite

""Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.""

Chondrule

Chowder

Big eaters

Gluttons Slang

Gluttons: Slang

Named

Baptized

Chromatid

Recorded that condition of illness was first

Chrysalid

Burial ground (usually)

God's acre

Burial place

""CICATRIZE To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh.""

""A drug, C 10 H 16 N 6 S, that inhibits acid secretion in the stomach and is used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, such as peptic ulcers.""

Distributed about mid-July, admitted man

Conservative reform curtailed, it's reported

Mingled

Cladistic

Of or belonging to the order Cladocera.

Cladogram

""A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum). Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).""

Suppressions of presses around county up north

Restrictions

Clangour

Clapboard

In the right form at school (wordplay)

Help wanted, for one

Secret, as files

Bach's instrument

Well-tempered item

Piano's early cousin

Old water clocks

Clepsydra

Props for driving instructors

Portable writing surfaces

Be a schoolhouse thief

Clitoris

Hold copper (anagram)

Clumsy person (wearing heavy shoes?)

Ultralight balloon (wordplay)

Secluded tree is cold like this

Like some nuns

Sheltered from outside society

Clonidine

Closedown

""Pl. clostridia (- - ) Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming, chiefly anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, such as the nitrogen-fixing bacteria found in soil and those causing botulism and tetanus.""

""Having rigid front and back covers, covered with cloth; -- of books. Contrasted to softcover.softcover.""

""A species of raspberry (Rubus Cham\'91merous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, ambercolored fruit. Rubus Cham\'91merous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, ambercolored fruit.""

Downpour (cf. spurt)

Sudden, heavy downpour

No drizzle, this.

The state of being cloudy.

Cloudland

Heavenly painting (wordplay)

Many a desktop background

Heavenly image could upset Catholic primate after Sunday

Having a clubfoot.

Clubhaul

Cnidarian

Coadjutor

A female coadjutor or assistant.

Coadmire

Coadmit

Semisolid (of blood)

In odd order, catalogued set

Solidified.

Coalfield

Coanchor

Coappear

Coassist

Football player at the beach (wordplay)

The main service provider (wordplay)

CO at a drugs bust (wordplay)

Coastland

Coastward

Pl. coatimundi or coatimundis also coatimondi or coatimondis A coati.

Coattend

Coattest

Wrote with someone else

COCAINIZE To treat or an\'91sthetize with cocaine.

Cockbill

In a crooked manner

Cocktail

CULTURED culture

Coderive

Codesign

Codevelop

Manuscripts ()

Codirect

One who helps call the shots

""DISCOVER to find out, also DISCOURE, DISCURE""

DOMINANT a controlling genetic character

BS from a fisherman (wordplay)

Rubbish records about love by Wham!

Everyone enters fish trade? Nonsense!

Coembody