10-letter words containing c, h, r, t, i
- 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.
- rhythmical — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- 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.
- ritschlian — of or relating to the theology of Albrecht Ritschl (1822–89), who developed a liberal Christian theology and maintained that religious faith is based on value judgments.
- rothschild — Lionel Nathan, Baron de ("Lord Natty") 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).
- schnitzler — Arthur [ahr-ther;; German ahr-too r] /ˈɑr θər;; German ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.
- 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.
- scratching — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- shacharith — the religious service celebrated by Jews every morning.
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- smithcraft — the work or craft of a smith
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- 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.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stitchwork — embroidery or needlework.
- stitchwort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- stretching — the activity of straightening the arms and legs and tightening the muscles
- 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.
- 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.
- switchgirl — a woman who operates a telephone switchboard
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- tcherepnin — Alexander (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1899–1977, Russian pianist and composer, in the U.S.
- telechiric — relating to a telechir
- tetrastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of four lines.
- the arctic — the regions north of the Arctic Circle
- the prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- the-prince — a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli.
- theatrical — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- theocratic — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- theophoric — having the name of a god embedded in something, such as a name
- theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- thermionic — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- 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.