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10-letter words containing a, e, r, o, c

  • clapometer — a device that measures applause
  • clapperboy — a boy who operates a clapper
  • clean room — an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, in which environmental contaminants are kept to an absolute minimum
  • clearstory — clerestory
  • cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
  • cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
  • cloakmaker — Someone who makes cloaks.
  • clock rate — (processor, benchmark)   The fundamental rate in cycles per second at which a computer performs its most basic operations such as adding two numbers or transfering a value from one register to another. The clock rate of a computer is normally determined by the frequency of a crystal. The original IBM PC, circa 1981, had a clock rate of 4.77 MHz (almost five million cycles/second). As of 1995, Intel's Pentium chip runs at 100 MHz (100 million cycles/second). The clock rate of a computer is only useful for providing comparisons between computer chips in the same processor family. An IBM PC with an Intel 486 CPU running at 50 MHz will be about twice as fast as one with the same CPU, memory and display running at 25 MHz. However, there are many other factors to consider when comparing different computers. Clock rate should not be used when comparing different computers or different processor families. Rather, some benchmark should be used. Clock rate can be very misleading, since the amount of work different computer chips can do in one cycle varies. For example, RISC CPUs tend to have simpler instructions than CISC CPUs (but higher clock rates) and pipelined processors execute more than one instruction per cycle.
  • clockmaker — a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc
  • clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
  • cloth ears — a deaf person
  • cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
  • co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
  • co-operate — If you co-operate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people co-operate.
  • co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
  • coacervate — either of two liquid phases that may separate from a hydrophilic sol, each containing a different concentration of a dispersed solid
  • coachmaker — A coachbuilder.
  • coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
  • coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
  • coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
  • coarctated — Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate.
  • coarseness — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
  • coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
  • coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
  • coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
  • coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
  • coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
  • coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
  • cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
  • cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
  • cockchafer — any of various Old World scarabaeid beetles, esp Melolontha melolontha of Europe, whose larvae feed on crops and grasses
  • cockteaser — a girl or woman who purposely excites or arouses a male sexually but then refuses to have intercourse.
  • cocreation — Joint creation.
  • codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
  • codewalker — (programming, tool)   A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
  • coenosarcs — Plural form of coenosarc.
  • cofavorite — a joint favourite
  • coffee bar — A coffee bar is a small café where non-alcoholic drinks and snacks are sold.
  • cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
  • cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
  • coimbatore — an industrial city in SW India, in W Tamil Nadu. Pop: 923 085 (2001)
  • cold cream — an emulsion of water and fat used cosmetically for softening and cleansing the skin
  • cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
  • cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
  • coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
  • coleoptera — the largest order in the animal kingdom; the beetles
  • coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
  • collarbone — Your collarbones are the two long bones which run from throat to your shoulders.
  • collarette — a woman's fur or lace collar
  • collarless — A collarless shirt or jacket has no collar.
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