10-letter words containing c, a, t, r, o
- root canal — Also called pulp canal. the root portion of the pulp cavity.
- root cause — origin
- rotorcraft — a rotary-wing aircraft.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- rusticator — to go to the country.
- sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
- 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.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- sclerotial — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- scriptoria — a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.
- sea rocket — any of several plants of the related genus Cakile, esp C. maritima, which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
- search out — hunt for, seek
- seat cover — a cover for a seat
- securocrat — a military or police officer who has the power to influence government policy
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- slot racer — slot car.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- spec ratio — (benchmark) Results for each individual benchmark of the SPEC benchmark suites, for example CINT92 and CFP92, expressed as the ratio of the wall clock time to execute one single copy of the benchmark, compared to a fixed "SPEC reference time", which was chosen early-on as the execution time on a VAX 11/780. See also SPEC rate.
- speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
- sport coat — A sport coat is a man's jacket. It is worn on informal occasions with pants of a different material.
- sports cap — a hat designed for sports or to look sporty
- sports car — small, low, fast car
- sportscast — a radio or television program consisting of sports news or of a running description of a sports event.
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- stercorary — a weatherproof place where dung is stored
- stercorate — dung or faecal matter
- stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
- 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.
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- 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.
- store card — a token bearing the name of a business, often exchangeable for a particular item.
- storm coat — an overcoat, usually of a water-repellent fabric, lined with material serving as insulation against very cold weather, often having a fur collar.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subtractor — in electronics, a circuit of which the output depends upon the difference between two inputs
- sugar-coat — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- table corn — Chiefly Eastern U.S. sweet corn.
- tachograph — a recording tachometer.
- tachometer — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.