10-Letter Words Starting with C

Roar with merriment

Laugh loudly

Reserve falling away finally, natural to be in stitches

Bad handwriting or spelling, as any fule kno

Educational opportunity for trainees? CDs shape it, possibly

Fruits also known as bottle gourds

Bottle gourds

Gourds

Calipash

Dominions of some Islamic leaders

Boisterous parade

Treat with a type of insect-repellent

""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""

Pure rubber.

Carbachol

Name on a Visa

Place to keep your 'plastic'

Place to keep your "plastic"

Bottom dealers, perhaps

Poker pros, say

They may change hands fraudulently

""A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.""

Variant of carrageen .

Carritch

Not true to life, perhaps

Exaggerated

Nuances of automotive design (wordplay)

Decorative scrollwork details on limo

Auto loans

Things happy people do

Basic gymnastics moves

Sideways-rotation maneuvers

Dismissing a wrongdoer from the armed forces

Reach GIs in disarray, moving from military position

Cataphora

Used as a cataphor [adj] : CATAPHORICALLY

""One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey. Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.""

Yawn, in slang

Catchment

Arrest by copper with appeal of reduced charge

Nab lady providing worthless bit of goods

Extremely coy about unfortunate penchant for trumpery

Catchpole

Catchpoll

And here's the pitch (wordplay)

Hear angry talk, then cues for actors

Don't miss what are said to be slogans

Pl. catecheses (-s z) Oral instruction given to catechumens.

Pl. catecheses (-s z) Oral instruction given to catechumens.

After Catherine, the church is taking manuscript for religious books

Catechist

CATECHIZE See Catechise. Catechise.

CATECHIZE See Catechise. Catechise.

Catechize

One preparing for confirmation.

Christian Union chaps outside a college making new convert (wordplay)

Neophyte

Cathartic

Cathect

St. Patrick's et al.

Notre-Dame and St. Paul's, notably

They keep large flocks

Cathepsin

CATHODAL pertaining to a {cathode=n}

(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) the patriarch of the Armenian Church [from Greek katholikos ; see catholic ]

A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

""The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.""

Cavefish

Musical food wrapping (wordplay)

Musical food wrapping?

Film about packaged food (wordplay)

Bowdler's vessel (wordplay)

Will Hays's craft (wordplay)

Will Hays's craft?

""A semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 4 S, used especially in the treatment of respiratory and urinary tract infections.""

Mushroom ring, seedcase and seafood, potentially

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

Cerecloth

The bar gains come from them after a light start has blown away

Chaffer

CHAGRIN to humiliate

Chagrin

Chainsaw

""A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.""

Slopes transport

Skiers' conveniences.

Skiers' conveyances

CHAIRMAN to act as chairman of

President's musical 21 mostly tinned

Committee honcho, sometimes

President has haircut up in prison

Certain committee leaders

Committee heads.

Chalazion

Cyclone had dislodged rocky stuff

Quartz coming from Ceylon and Chad

Cyclone had rolled stone

A lead-grey or black mineral, found as a copper ore or in veins

Chalcogen

It's often wiped clean

Didn't just accept

Took issue with tax date

Took issue with trial date

Daring sportsman (wordplay)

U.S. space shuttle

Professor in Doyle novels.

Converts pounds and euros to cut taxes

Throws down a gauntlet to annoy Hegel's clan

""Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs. as, chalybeate springs.""

Feature concealing light on good old-fashioned fornication

Lizards notable for changing colors

Camouflage experts' chosen meal - hash

They blend right in

Chamfer

Chamois

Chamomile

New Year's Eve beverages

Awkward German chaps not given right drinks

Winner with female name drinks after victories

Champaign

Advocate eats good northern mushroom

Small edible mushroom often found in a fairy-ring

Supported

Champleve

Lucky rollover for 20 (wordplay)

Govt. finance minister

German head's luck with press spin

Chancery

CHANCE to {risk=v}

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

Subject to alteration

Fickle Charlie Clark ingesting drug (wordplay)

Fickle

In a changeable manner.

Board game division seraph = constant

Never-ending sponsor involved in game

Board game seraph = constant

Short song set in G minor (transposed)

Baby switched by fairies

Markedly altered

When tennis players meet in transition

Shifting of position.

Workplace activity, sometimes

Channeler

In touch with Cleopatra (wordplay)

Direct into a fixed course.

Channel

Cabaret songbirds

Piaf emulaters

Cabaret contingent

Ranchero's garb.

Plural noun or verb form

Chaparral

Drove to prom, say

Performed a duenna's duties

Like many first dates

Protectors of sorts

Dejected fellow killed in battle

A man dropped will naturally be dejected

Weary to an extreme.

Padre's position

Position involving work in the service of the army

Cleric's office bloke located at York, say, losing it

Chapter

Sightseeing buses, in London

Tour buses of Britain

Sight-seeing buses.

Book collection (wordplay)

Signs from eccentric people (wordplay)

Set in 10 like 11, say, after tea

The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.

Charbroil

Charcoal

Cautious about girl getting a drink

White wine grape

Variety of white wine

Liable to be accused

Supervisor gets help after assault

Pass under attack by group leader

Make worker pay - he's leader of a group

Her erotica (anagram)

Ben Hur, for one

Ben Hur (wordplay)

Chariot

Spiritual powers

Personal magnetisms

Like gift of new chair by board

Kindly moving chair where food is served

Good daily fare protects his heart

Generously

Charivari

Women who do are fools to accept a date

Cleaners for prince without a princess

Phonies burn and turn brown around Louisiana swamp, at first

Fakes a healthy looking colour to get hugged by boy leaving Spain

Fakes

Charlotte

Charmeuse

CHARMING charm

In a most pleasing way

In a delightfully attractive manner

Charterer

Charter

Stendhal's liqueur (wordplay)

Stendhal's Italian liqueur

Greenish-yellow colour of a liqueur

See Cartulary. Cartulary.

Chassepot

Chastener

A scent she's sprayed conveys purity

There's virtue having a gun in game

Dressing down

Teaching a lesson in front of class making rapid progress

Chastiser

Chastise

Chastity

Mistress of the household.

Mistress has to teach Liane composition

Mistress of a chateau.

Chatelain

Having a changeable luster.

Iridescent quality of some gems

Chatoyant

Talk of British beef? She never stops!

Gossip in phone kiosk (wordplay)

Harry H Corbett: a cross windbag

Chatterer

Chewing the fat, the cat's upset by call

Starlings' activity

Caught mad character in government, babbling

A fondness for talking

Some prom night drivers

Chaussure

*Rural educational gathering

New York lake and colony

Cultural center in N.Y. State

Excessive nationalism

Frightfully vain chum is showing fanatical pride

Fanatical patriot

Superpatriot.

Staunchly patriotic companion gets gold, plus French wine first

Chawbacon

Reducing the worth or value of something

CHEAPISH somewhat cheap

Cheapjack

Penny-pinching ray (wordplay)

Inexpensive fish (wordplay)

Ray that wont pay (wordplay)

Do accounting work (wordplay)

Banks issue them

Pay-as-you-go with these

Checker

They've got things to do

They're reminders of what's still to be done as European state lost to winners

They may be next to correct answers

*Approval indicators

/Approval indicators/

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

Spouses with a joint account (wordplay)

Finishes game (chess)

Beat petty officers at chess (wordplay)

Charlie, for one

Tartan to indicate barrier on border

Place for passport inspections

Parts of harnesses

Harness parts

Controls

They're called left-luggage offices in Britain

Checkrow

Cheechako

Model's assets

Model's "high" features

Audacity

Impudence

In a happy manner

In happy fashion

Alleluia! In all respects that displays happiness

Positive quality

Good humour shown by 19 22 against English in game

Participates in a pep rally

Titillating bakery product (wordplay)

Photographer's dessert (wordplay)

Pin-up's favorite dessert (wordplay)

B-picture quality, often

CHELATE to combine a metal ion with a compound

Chelation

""Pl. chelicerae (- -r ) Either of the first pair of fanglike appendages near the mouth of an arachnid, such as a spider, often modified for grasping and piercing.""

""CHELICERA One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.""

Chelonian

According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.

""An undergarment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.""

Chemisorb

Plural or third person singular

The characteristic movement or orientation of an organism or cell along a chemical concentration gradient either toward or away from the chemical stimulus.

Chemurgy

Cheongsam

Chequer

Cherimoya

Cherisher

Cherish

Chernozem

Adjective meaning resembling

Adjective meaning resembling

Where one may run into a mate (wordplay)

Bossed char (anagram)

Where to find a perfect mate (wordplay)

Knights

Chevelure

""CHIASMA a connection formed during meiosis, also CHIASM""

Chibouque

Chiccory

Black-capped birds

Titmice.

Blackcaps

Chickaree