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10-letter words containing c, a, r, n, t

  • revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
  • rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
  • ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
  • rock plant — a plant found among rocks or in rock gardens.
  • root canal — Also called pulp canal. the root portion of the pulp cavity.
  • sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
  • sacrosanct — extremely sacred or inviolable: a sacrosanct chamber in the temple.
  • sanctifier — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
  • sanskritic — an Indo-European, Indic language, in use since c1200 b.c. as the religious and classical literary language of India. Abbreviation: Skt.
  • santa cruz — a city on the coast of California.
  • scarcement — a footing or ledge formed by a setoff in a wall.
  • scarlatina — scarlet fever.
  • scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
  • scattering — distributed or occurring here and there at irregular intervals; scattered.
  • scaturient — gushing; overflowing.
  • scent-mark — to deposit a scent mark; mark.
  • scintigram — a paper printout or photographic record indicating the intensity and distribution of radioactivity in tissues after administration of a radioactive tracer.
  • scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
  • squirt can — an oilcan with a flexible body that ejects oil when compressed.
  • stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
  • sternalgic — relating to or having sternalgia
  • sterno can — a small can of Sterno
  • sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
  • stone crab — an edible crab, Menippe mercenaria, of rocky shores from the southern U.S. to Mexico and certain areas of the Caribbean, prized for the meat of its claws.
  • stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
  • strickland — William, 1787–1854, U.S. architect and engineer.
  • subcentral — near or almost to the center.
  • surfactant — surface-active agent.
  • syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
  • tabernacle — any place or house of worship, especially one designed for a large congregation.
  • table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
  • tank truck — a truck with a tank body, suitable for transporting gases or liquids, as oil, gasoline, or milk, in bulk.
  • tap dancer — to perform a tap dance.
  • technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
  • technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
  • temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
  • tentacular — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
  • terramycin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic, oxytetracycline, used in treating various infections
  • tersanctus — Sanctus (def 1).
  • tetracaine — a white, water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 15 H 24 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as an anesthetic.
  • tinctorial — pertaining to coloring or dyeing.
  • tire chain — a device made of chains, attached around a tire's tread on a motor vehicle to increase traction, as on snow
  • tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
  • trachiniae — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
  • track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • tractarian — one of the supporters of Tractarianism; a supporter of the Oxford movement.
  • tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
  • traduction — a transmission or communication
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