10-letter words containing c, h, r, e, t
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- scoresheet — a sheet of paper on which scores are recorded
- screenshot — Also called screen capture. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer screen at a given time: Save the screenshot as a graphics file.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- search out — hunt for, seek
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- short code — (language) (SHORTCODE) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics problems, designed by John Mauchly in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's BINAC and later on UNIVAC I and II. Short Code was possibly the first attempt at a high level language.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- stockhorse — a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- stretchout — a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- superthick — extremely thick
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- tachometer — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachymeter — any of several instruments for rapidly determining distances, directions, and differences of elevation.
- tachymetry — any of several instruments for rapidly determining distances, directions, and differences of elevation.
- tcherepnin — Alexander (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1899–1977, Russian pianist and composer, in the U.S.
- tchernosem — chernozem.
- teacherage — a building serving as a combination school and living quarters, as on certain government reservations and in remote, sparsely settled areas.
- technocrat — a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
- technofear — fear of using technological devices, such as computers; technophobia
- telechiric — relating to a telechir
- terrachlor — pentachloronitrobenzene.
- tetrabrach — a metrical foot or word of four short syllables.
- tetrachord — a diatonic series of four tones, the first and last separated by a perfect fourth.
- tetrastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
- the archer — the constellation Sagittarius, the ninth sign of the zodiac
- the arctic — the regions north of the Arctic Circle
- the cellar — the lowest position, as in the relative standing of competing teams
- the centre — the sparsely inhabited central region of Australia
- the charts — the lists produced weekly from various sources of the bestselling pop singles and albums or the most popular videos
- the chores — housework
- the corner — an area in central Australia, at the junction of the borders of Queensland and South Australia
- the cratur — whisky or whiskey
- the creeps — to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.