10-letter words containing c, e
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- attractive — A person who is attractive is pleasant to look at.
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- audacities — Plural form of audacity.
- audiogenic — caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- auriculate — having ears
- auriscopes — Plural form of auriscope.
- auscultate — to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- austenitic — consisting mainly of austenite.
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autoclaves — Plural form of autoclave.
- autoecious — (of parasites, esp the rust fungi) completing the entire life cycle on a single species of host
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- autonoetic — Of or relating to autonoesis.
- auxochrome — a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye
- avalanched — Simple past tense and past participle of avalanche.
- avalanches — Plural form of avalanche.
- avenaceous — belonging to or of the nature of oats or oat grasses
- avengeance — (obsolete) vengeance.
- aviatrices — Plural form of aviatrix.
- aviculture — the keeping and rearing of birds
- avirulence — The state of being avirulent.
- avoidances — Plural form of avoidance.
- avouchable — able to be avouched
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- avunculate — the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- axenically — in a manner not associated with any other living organism
- ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- aztec lily — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, of the amaryllis family, native to Mexico, bearing a large, bright-red flower.
- b particle — B meson.
- baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- bacillemia — the presence of bacilli in the blood.
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back bench — any of the rows of seats occupied by the backbenchers.
- back cover — the back part of the cover of a book or magazine
- back green — grass or a garden at the back of a house, esp a tenement
- back issue — A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
- back judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, field goals, etc.
- back order — an order to be filled when stock is renewed
- back quote — (character) "`" ASCII code 96. Common names: left quote; left single quote; open quote; ITU-T: grave accent; grave. Rare: backprime; INTERCAL: backspark; unapostrophe; birk; blugle; back tick; back glitch; push; ITU-T: opening single quotation mark; quasiquote. Back quote is used in Unix shells to invoke command substitution.