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10-letter words containing c, o, l, e, r

  • clearstory — clerestory
  • clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
  • cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
  • clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
  • cliometric — Of or pertaining to cliometrics.
  • clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
  • cloak fern — a type of fern, genus Notholaena, found in dry, rocky areas of temperate and tropical America, often used as an ornamental.
  • cloakmaker — Someone who makes cloaks.
  • clobbering — Present participle of clobber.
  • clock rate — (processor, benchmark)   The fundamental rate in cycles per second at which a computer performs its most basic operations such as adding two numbers or transfering a value from one register to another. The clock rate of a computer is normally determined by the frequency of a crystal. The original IBM PC, circa 1981, had a clock rate of 4.77 MHz (almost five million cycles/second). As of 1995, Intel's Pentium chip runs at 100 MHz (100 million cycles/second). The clock rate of a computer is only useful for providing comparisons between computer chips in the same processor family. An IBM PC with an Intel 486 CPU running at 50 MHz will be about twice as fast as one with the same CPU, memory and display running at 25 MHz. However, there are many other factors to consider when comparing different computers. Clock rate should not be used when comparing different computers or different processor families. Rather, some benchmark should be used. Clock rate can be very misleading, since the amount of work different computer chips can do in one cycle varies. For example, RISC CPUs tend to have simpler instructions than CISC CPUs (but higher clock rates) and pipelined processors execute more than one instruction per cycle.
  • clockmaker — a person who makes or mends clocks, watches, etc
  • clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
  • clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
  • cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
  • cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
  • cloistress — a nun
  • close work — work that involves focusing your eyes on a nearby object, such as a book or computer screen, for a prolonged period of time
  • cloth ears — a deaf person
  • cloud over — If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.
  • cloudberry — a creeping Eurasian herbaceous rosaceous plant, Rubus chamaemorus, with white flowers and orange berry-like fruits (drupelets)
  • clover key — feature key
  • cloverleaf — A cloverleaf is an arrangement of curved roads, resembling a four-leaf clover, that joins two main roads.
  • clypeiform — having a rounded shield shape
  • coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
  • coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
  • coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
  • cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
  • cockleburr — Alternative form of cocklebur.
  • cockleburs — Plural form of cocklebur.
  • cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
  • codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
  • codewalker — (programming, tool)   A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
  • coercively — serving or tending to coerce.
  • coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
  • colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)
  • cold cream — an emulsion of water and fat used cosmetically for softening and cleansing the skin
  • cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
  • cold store — A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it.
  • cold-store — to store in cold storage.
  • cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
  • coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
  • coleoptera — the largest order in the animal kingdom; the beetles
  • coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
  • collarbone — Your collarbones are the two long bones which run from throat to your shoulders.
  • collarette — a woman's fur or lace collar
  • collarless — A collarless shirt or jacket has no collar.
  • collateral — Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan.
  • collecters — Plural form of collecter.
  • collectors — Plural form of collector.
  • collieries — Plural form of colliery.
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