10-letter words containing c, e, r, a, t
- leaf trace — a strand of fluid-carrying vascular tissue extending from the main stem to the base of a leaf.
- leafcutter — Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- left brace — (character) "". {ASCII character 123. Common names: open brace; left brace; left squiggly; left squiggly bracket/brace; left curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: opening brace. Rare: brace ("}" >INTERCAL: embrace ("}" = bracelet). Paired with right brace ("}").
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- lenticular — of or relating to a lens.
- linecaster — the casting of an entire line of type in a slug.
- literacies — Plural form of literacy.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- lubricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lubricate.
- lucerative — Misspelling of lucrative.
- macerating — Present participle of macerate.
- maceration — the act or process of macerating.
- macrobiote — a person with a long life
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- macrometer — An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- macrotrend — A large-scale trend.
- maculature — (dated) Blotting paper.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- manometric — Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer.
- marcescent — withering but not falling off, as a part of a plant.
- marcionite — a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.
- mariticide — The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
- market cap — A market cap is the total market value of all the shares in a company.
- masseteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the masseter.
- mastercard — a brand of credit or debit card
- matchmaker — a person who makes matches for burning.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- meatpacker — a person or company involved in the wholesale meat trade
- meatscreen — a metal screen placed behind meat that is being roasted in order to reflect the fire's heat
- mecopteran — mecopterous.
- medicaster — A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- mercy seat — Bible: Golden covering on the Arc of Covenant
- mercy-seat — Bible. the gold covering on the ark of the covenant, regarded as the resting place of God. Ex. 25:17–22. the throne of God.
- meritocrat — a member of a meritocracy.
- mesocratic — (of an igneous rock) composed of light and dark minerals in nearly equal amounts.
- metacarpal — of or relating to the metacarpus.
- metacarpus — the part of a hand or forelimb, especially of its bony structure, included between the wrist, or carpus, and the fingers, or phalanges.
- metacenter — the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- metacentre — the intersection between two vertical lines, one through the center of buoyancy of a hull in equilibrium, the other through the center of buoyancy when the hull is inclined slightly to one side or toward one end: the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the initial stability of the hull.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).