10-letter words containing c, h, a, t
- thiocyanic — of, from, or relating to a sulphacid (or liquid acid HSCN) having a strong odour but no colour
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
- tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
- time chart — a chart indicating the standard times of certain parts of the world corresponding to a given time at a specific place.
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tire chain — a device made of chains, attached around a tire's tread on a motor vehicle to increase traction, as on snow
- tocophobia — an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant
- tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- touch base — make contact
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- tracheated — having a trachea
- tracheitis — inflammation of the trachea.
- trachelate — having a neck
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- tracheolar — of or relating to the tracheole
- trachiniae — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
- track shot — a camera shot in which the cameraman follows a specific person or event in the action
- tragacanth — a gummy substance derived from various low, spiny, Asian shrubs belonging to the genus Astragalus, of the legume family, especially A. gummifer: used to impart firmness to pills and lozenges, stiffen calicoes, etc.
- trash rack — a grating for retaining floating objects from water entering a penstock.
- trenchancy — incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
- trichiasis — a condition in which the eyelashes grow inwardly.
- trichromat — any person with normal colour vision, who can therefore see the three primary colours
- trierarchy — the office of a trierarch.
- trochanter — Anatomy. either of two knobs at the top of the femur, the greater on the outside and the lesser on the inside, serving for the attachment of muscles between the thigh and pelvis.
- trochoidal — like, arranged or in the form of a trochoid, or belonging or relating to trochoids
- tsarevitch — the son of a czar.
- tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
- tummy ache — an ache or pain in the stomach
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- twickenham — a former borough, now part of Richmond upon Thames, in SE England.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- tzarevitch — czarevitch
- ultra-chic — attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
- unathletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- unattached — not attached.
- unchastely — in an unchaste manner
- unchastity — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unmatching — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- unpathetic — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- unstanched — unsatisfied
- unthematic — of or relating to a theme.
- unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive
- vectograph — a technology that uses special glasses to see a photographic image between two plastic sheets as three dimensional