10-Letter Words Starting with C

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

Chirrup

A surgeon.

Caterbury con artists

Cheating companion, one taking money

Chitter

Chess rival I overturned, lacking small courtesies

Courteous and gallant

Gentlemanly

Bold challenger's lead evaporated during shambolic chorus

Chivari

""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.

""Any of several compounds containing nitrogen and chlorine, especially an unstable colorless liquid, NH 2 Cl, used to make hydrazine.""

Treat pool water, maybe

""CHLORINE a gaseous element, also CHLORIN""

An addict always at the bar (wordplay)

One needing kisses, say

One who can't resist Hershey's, say

The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.

Chondrite

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

Choplogic

Chopper

""Choppier , choppiest Having many small waves; rough: choppy seas.""

Prepare kindling (wordplay)

Cuts up little bloodsuckers (wordplay)

But you can't cut celery with them!

English word

'Christ rose transfigured', they sing

Sunday singers

Singing group

Chorus

Chowder

Named

Baptized

Readily stained with chromium salts: chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.

Scientific study of colors

Chromatid

Chromatin

Chromize

Also chromophilic (-f l k) Readily stained with dyes. Used of a cell or cell structure.

Chronaxy

CHRONIC one who suffers from a long-lasting disease

Recorded that condition of illness was first

Account king gives to historian

One has The Times ordered

One who records important events

Books of the Bible.

Records found before Ezra

Name of two Old Testament books

Chrysalid

Mineral used in making refractories

Stone makes loser itchy

Yellowish gemstone

Fibrous variety of serpentine, a form of asbestos

""Chubbier , chubbiest Rounded and plump. See Synonyms at fat .""

Being friendly, mum turns trendy, when captivated by game

Chunter

Churchy

Churching

Churchly

In a churlish manner.

Scars.

Scars

Cicatrix

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

Cicatrize

The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.

Tobacconist's commodity.

Broken grate included in quotes smokes

Oasis linked them with alcohol

Cigarillo

Ciguatera

Ciliation

""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.""

One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; called also cinchonia. cinchonia.

""A condition produced by the excessive or longcontinued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.""

Cincture

Film buff, say, could make one grimace

I see picture blur once image runs

One sees pictures to make one grimace

CINEMA a motion-picture theatre

Cineraria

Death

Plant with flowers having 20 ac petals

Flower.

Lines to be cracked

XPINPU LPXXOJP, for example

Circuity

Circuit

(Of a route) roundabout

Roundabout

In a circular manner.

Distributed about mid-July, admitted man

Conservative reform curtailed, it's reported

Mingled

Table-hops

""One who, or that which, circulates.""

Rock music welcomed by sorceress getting to perform a rite

Accent often used in French

Accent in the form of an upturned v

Accent around wire

To pour round; to spread round.

Find a way around

Steer clear of shifting much nicer TV hotel's dropped in

Bypass

Cirrhotic

Cisplatin

CITATION an official summons to appear

A female citizen.

Summer-theater circuit

Additive in some bug repellents

Insect repellent sprayed into cellar

An amino acid that is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.

View of Delft, etc.

Civilise

Civility

Civilizer

Civilize

Clabber

Cladistic

Climbing with difficulty

Scaling awkwardly, with "up"

Moving awkwardly with stick, collecting fossil resin

State of being clammy or viscous.

Demanding to hold on to stifling romance

Clangor

CLANKING clank

CLANNISH like a clan

Clarifier

Clarify

Clarion

Adherence to ancient Greek and Roman principles

Timeless style is first model for this artistic movement

Conservative girl in charge is member in Greek style

Latin lover, perhaps (wordplay)

Latin lover, probably

Latin or Greek scholar

To make classic or classical.

In the right form at school (wordplay)

Help wanted, for one

Secret, as files

One who classifies.

Sorts and labels.

Makes secret

Ranks

Sophisticated quality

Making a hubbub

Claught

Bach's instrument

Well-tempered item

Piano's early cousin

Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

""CLAVIER an early keyboard instrument, also KLAVIER""

Cleanly

Clearwing

Some flowering vines

Virgin's-bowers, for example

Endless sex with model? A Spice Girl pulled up bloomers

Clemency

""CLERICAL a member of the clergy, also CLERIC""

Clerkly

Clerkship

Clientage

Groups of customers

CLIENT a {customer=n}

CLIMAX to reach a high point

Variety of peach

It's a real peach

Variety of peach.

In a clinical manner.

Hands-on medics

Clinker

Tool in forestry to measure slope, vertical angles and tree heights

Convert mile - not v. tricky if you have surveyor's instrument

Clinquant

Clintonia

(used with a sing. verb) The study of history using economic models and advanced mathematical methods of data processing and analysis.

Props for driving instructors

Portable writing surfaces

Be a schoolhouse thief

Clipsheet

CLIQUISH {cliquey=adj}

Clitoris

Clitoris

Clobber

CLOFIBRATE

Cloisonne

Secluded tree is cold like this

Like some nuns

Sheltered from outside society

A nun.

""A synthetic drug, C 26 H 28 CINO, that is used in its citrate form to stimulate ovulation.""

Clonidine

""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.""

Line item (wordplay)

It's left hanging on the line

It may hold up your shorts

The state of being cloudy.

Clownery

CLOWNISH resembling a clown

""Clubbier , clubbiest Typical of a club or club members.""

Ineptitude shown since slums demolished

Cluster

Clutter

Cnidarian

A female coadjutor or assistant.

Coadmire

Coadmit

Coagency

Coalesce

Coalfield

Coalfish

Coalify

Not social, I ruined alliances

Allies and Axis

Temporary alliances

Coannex

""The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.""

Becoming rude could make a son cringe

Making rough

Coassist

Coassume

Seaboard contours

Certain borders

Shores.

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

Cobalamin

Cobaltine

Cobaltite

Cobwebby

Cobweb

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

Cocainize

Cocaptain

Cochair

Committee leadership sharer

CHAIRMEN chairman

CHAMPION to defend or support

Cochineal

Turn up repeatedly before noon? That's ridiculous

Ridiculous

Harebrained

Cockatiel

Bird needs a moment, being fabulous

Monster in heap of straw getting at food

One monster bird followed by a second

Cockbill

Cockfight

""Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.""

""The charasteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.""

Cocktail

Cocooning

Cocreate

Coderive

Codesign

Manuscripts ()

Codirect

One who helps call the shots

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

DOMINANT a controlling genetic character

Coembody