10-letter words containing c, h, r, e, t
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- outstretch — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overcometh — Archaic third-person singular form of overcome.
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- patch reef — an isolated coral growth forming a small platform in a lagoon, barrier reef, or atoll.
- pe teacher — a teacher of Physical Education
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- periphytic — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- perithecia — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- peritricha — ciliate protozoans, of the order Peritrichida, in which the cilia are restricted to a spiral around the mouth
- peter chen — (person) The developer of the Entity-Relationship model.
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- prestretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- rat cheese — inexpensive cheese, especially domestic cheddar.
- ratcatcher — a person, animal, or thing that catches and exterminates rats, especially a person whose business it is to rid a property of rats.
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- reattached — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- rechristen — to christen or baptize (someone) again
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reentrench — to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly: safely entrenched behind undeniable facts.
- reichstein — Tadeus [tah-dey-oo s] /tɑˈdeɪ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1897–1996, Swiss chemist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize in medicine 1950.
- reteaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- retrochoir — that part of a church behind the choir or the main altar.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- richthofen — Baron Manfred von [mahn-freyt fuh n] /ˈmɑn freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), ("Red Baron"or"Red Knight") 1892–1918, German aviator.
- ricocheted — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- right face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- sabretache — a leather case suspended from a cavalryman's saddle
- saccharate — a salt of saccharic acid.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.