10-letter words containing a, y, e, r
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- city break — a short holiday spent in a city
- civil year — calendar year
- clapperboy — a boy who operates a clapper
- clay eater — (in the South Atlantic States) a term used to refer to a poor, uneducated person from a rural area.
- clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
- clear-eyed — discerning; perceptive
- clearstory — clerestory
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- clerically — In a clerical manner; as a cleric.
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- copartnery — copartnership
- copy paper — paper specially prepared for the writing of advertising copy, newspaper copy, etc., usually having guidelines to indicate margins and the number of spaces per line.
- copyreader — a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor
- coralberry — a small shrub, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, that is native to North America and is cultivated for its berries
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- crab's eye — rosary pea.
- crackberry — a nickname for a BlackBerry handheld device that functions as a telephone, PDA, and e-mailer and appears to have an addictive hold on its users
- crakeberry — The crowberry.
- crazy bone — funny bone
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.
- creatively — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativity — creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness
- creaturely — creatural.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crystalise — Alternative spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling.
- crystalize — (rare) alternative spelling of crystallize.
- curry leaf — a shrub or tree, Murraya koenigii, of India and Sri Lanka.
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cybercasts — Plural form of cybercast.
- cyberspace — In computer technology, cyberspace refers to data banks and networks, considered as a place.
- cycle race — a competitive race between cyclists
- cycle rack — a series of metal frameworks standing on the ground for holding bicycles upright
- cyma recta — a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.
- cypripedia — any plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
- cytarabine — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- dairy herd — a herd of cows producing milk
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- dark money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
- data entry — Data entry is the activity of putting data into a computer, for example, by using a keyboard.
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- day letter — a telegram sent during the day at a slightly cheaper rate