10-letter words containing c, o, r, a
- cosmocrats — Plural form of cosmocrat.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cosmoramic — of or relating to a cosmorama
- cospectral — (mathematics) isospectral.
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- costa rica — a republic in Central America: gained independence from Spain in 1821; mostly mountainous and volcanic, with extensive forests. Official language: Spanish. Official religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: colón. Capital: San José. Pop: 4 695 942 (2013 est). Area: 50 900 sq km (19 652 sq miles)
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- 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.
- coterminal — having the same border or covering the same area.
- cotransfer — a simultaneous transfer of multiple genes
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- coumarilic — coumaric
- counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- coursemate — One who is taking the same academic course.
- courseware — computer software designed to be used in an educational course
- court card — (in a pack of playing cards) a king, queen, or jack of any suit
- court case — a legal action
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- courtcraft — the artifices and intrigues of a royal court
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- courtyards — Plural form of courtyard.
- covariance — a measure of the association between two random variables, equal to the expected value of the product of the deviations from the mean of the two variables, and estimated by the sum of products of deviations from the sample mean for associated values of the two variables, divided by the number of sample points. Written as Cov (X, Y)
- covariates — Plural form of covariate.
- covenanter — a person upholding the National Covenant of 1638 or the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643 between Scotland and England to establish and defend Presbyterianism
- covenantor — a party who makes a promise and who is to perform the obligation expressed in a covenant
- coventrate — To devastate by heavy bombing.
- cover band — a band that makes or performs cover versions of songs
- coveralled — wearing coveralls
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
- cowfeteria — a calf feeder with multiple teats
- crab canon — a canon in which the imitating voice repeats the notes of the theme in reverse order
- crab louse — a parasitic louse, Pthirus (or Phthirus) pubis, that infests the pubic region in humans
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- crack root — (security, jargon) To defeat the security system of a Unix machine and gain root privileges thereby. The sort of thing a cracker wants to do.
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.