10-letter words containing c, o, r, e, t
- atascadero — a town in SW California.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- atrocities — acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- baroceptor — Baroreceptor.
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beltcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- bertolucci — Bernardo (berˈnardo). born 1940, Italian film director: his films include The Spider's Stratagem (1970), The Conformist (1970), 1900 (1976), The Last Emperor (1987), The Sheltering Sky (1990), and The Dreamers (2003)
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bichromate — dichromate
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- biocentric — centered in life; having life as its principal fact.
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
- brace root — prop root.
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacciatore — prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings
- caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- calefactor — a heater
- cameration — vaulting
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- cancerroot — any parasitic plant of the genus Orobanche, especially O. uniflora, of North America, having pale, leafless stalks bearing a single white or purplish flower.
- cankerroot — goldthread.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- car stereo — a stereo built into the dashboard of an automobile
- carbolated — containing carbolic acid
- carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carbonette — a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel
- carburetor — A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and gasoline are mixed together to form a vapor which can be burned.
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cart horse — A cart horse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- carthorses — Plural form of carthorse.
- cartoneros — Plural form of cartonero.
- cartonnage — The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.