10-letter words containing c, h, r, e, t
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- ciphertext — encrypted text
- clathrates — Plural form of clathrate.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- cormophyte — any of the Cormophyta, a major division (now obsolete) of plants having a stem, root, and leaves: includes the mosses, ferns, and seed plants
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
- court shoe — Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design.
- courthouse — A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.
- cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crash team — a medical team with special equipment able to be mobilized quickly to treat cardiac arrest
- crash test — the act of crashing a vehicle under controlled conditions in order to assess its safety for passengers
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crotcheted — short-tempered
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cyphertext — (language) An interactive language for text formatting and typesetting.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- cytochrome — any of a group of naturally occurring compounds, consisting of iron, a protein, and a porphyrin, that are important in cell oxidation-reduction reactions
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- death care — the products, services, and arrangements having to do with funerals and burials.
- decreaseth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrease.
- despatcher — Alternative form of dispatcher.
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- direct hit — If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.