10-letter words containing c, e, n, t, r, u
- scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- securement — the act of securing.
- subcentral — near or almost to the center.
- subcurrent — a not clearly revealed or formulated direction of thought, intention, action, etc., underlying what is manifested: His words, though ostensibly friendly, betrayed a subcurrent of hostility.
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- surjection — onto function.
- tentacular — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- tersanctus — Sanctus (def 1).
- the crunch — the critical moment or situation
- thruppence — threepence.
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- truculence — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- truculency — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- tuberculin — a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- tumorgenic — producing tumours
- turbulence — the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
- turbulency — the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
- turgescent — becoming swollen; swelling.
- turnbuckle — a link or sleeve with a swivel at one end and an internal screw thread at the other, or with an internal screw thread at each end, used as a means of uniting or coupling, and of tightening, two parts, as the ends of two rods.
- turtleneck — a high, close-fitting collar, often rolled or turned down, appearing especially on pullover sweaters.
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultraclean — extremely clean, especially free of germs: an ultraclean laboratory.
- unaccurate — free from error or defect; consistent with a standard, rule, or model; precise; exact.
- uncaptured — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncarpeted — having no carpet
- unchristen — unchristian
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- unconcrete — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- uncontrite — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- uncreative — having the quality or power of creating.
- uncredited — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- uncultured — the lack or absence of culture: Much modern fiction is a product of unculture.
- underactor — a secondary actor or agent
- undercount — to count less than the full number or amount of: The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population.
- undercrest — to support with a crest
- undercroft — a vault or chamber under the ground, especially in a church.
- underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
- underreact — to react with less than the expected or appropriate emotion.
- understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undertrick — a trick that a declarer failed to win in relation to the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- undirected — not directed; not guided: He wasted his time on undirected activity.
- undoctored — not doctored or altered; genuine
- unescorted — a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy: An escort of sailors accompanied the queen.
- unfactored — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unicentral — (of growth or development) in, from, or around one central point