10-letter words containing c, e, n, t, r, a
- coronatine — A polycyclic phytotoxin, produced by some forms of Pseudomonas, that can induce chlorosis.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cotransfer — a simultaneous transfer of multiple genes
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- 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)
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- craftiness — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- creatinine — an anhydride of creatine that is abundant in muscle and excreted in the urine
- creational — Of, or pertaining to creation.
- credential — something that entitles a person to confidence, authority, etc
- cremations — Plural form of cremation.
- crenelated — In a castle, a crenelated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
- crenellate — to supply with battlements
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- cresta run — high-speed tobogganing down a steep narrow passage
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- ct scanner — computerized tomography scanner: an X-ray machine that can produce stereographic images
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- 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.
- datacenter — a facility equipped with or connected to one or more computers, used for processing or transmitting data.
- datacentre — Alternative spelling of data centre.
- declarants — Plural form of declarant.
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- decontract — (ambitransitive) To expand from a contracted state.
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- decreation — Destruction.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- deracinate — to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- discarnate — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- discrepant — (usually of two or more objects, accounts, findings etc.) differing; disagreeing; inconsistent: discrepant accounts.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dracontine — Belonging to a dragon.
- ecardinate — (of a mollusc or the shell of a mollusc) having no hinges
- ectocornea — the outer layer of the cornea.
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate