10-letter words containing c, e, n, t, r, a
- centralize — To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- certainity — Misspelling of certainty.
- certaynely — Archaic spelling of certainly.
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- clattering — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- compearant — a person who appears in court
- concertina — A concertina is a musical instrument consisting of two end pieces with stiff paper or cloth that folds up between them. You play the concertina by pressing the buttons on the end pieces while moving them together and apart.
- congregant — Congregants are members of a congregation.
- congregate — When people congregate, they gather together and form a group.
- consecrate — When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- conservant — having the quality of conserving or preserving
- conservate — (dated, transitive) To conserve.
- containers — Plural form of container.
- contracept — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- contractee — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- contrapose — to place in contraposition.
- contraries — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- contrasted — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
- conversant — If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
- conversate — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- coordinate — If you coordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- copartners — Plural form of copartner.
- copartnery — copartnership
- corelation — a correlation