10-letter words containing a, c, t, e, r
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- cape wrath — a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland
- cape-wrath — Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- car stereo — a stereo built into the dashboard of an automobile
- carbolated — containing carbolic acid
- carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carbonette — a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel
- carbureted — (of a vehicle or engine) having fuel supplied through a carburetor, rather than an injector.
- 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.
- card table — A card table is a small light table which can be folded up and which is sometimes used for playing games of cards on.
- cardcastle — a tower built with playing cards
- care-taker — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- careerists — Plural form of careerist.
- caretakers — Plural form of caretaker.
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- caritative — charity.
- carmarthen — a market town in S Wales, the administrative centre of Carmarthenshire: Norman castle. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carnallite — a white or sometimes coloured mineral consisting of a hydrated chloride of potassium and magnesium in orthorhombic crystalline form: a source of potassium and also used as a fertilizer. Formula: KCl.MgCl2.6H2O
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- carpellate — having carpels.
- carpenters — Plural form of carpenter.
- carpentier — Georges (ʒɔrʒ), known as Gorgeous Georges. 1894–1975, French boxer: world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22)
- carpetable — Suitable for being carpeted.
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- carpetless — Not carpeted.
- carpetweed — an annual weed, Mollugo verticillata, native to North America, which produces small white flowers
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cart horse — A cart horse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- cartelized — Simple past tense and past participle of cartelize.
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- carthorses — Plural form of carthorse.
- cartilages — Plural form of cartilage.
- cartoneros — Plural form of cartonero.
- cartonnage — The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
- cash terms — the terms of a business transaction that is conducted in ready money
- caste mark — a mark on the skin that shows which caste a Hindu belongs to, esp a dot painted on the forehead
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)