10-letter words containing c, o, r, t
- astronomic — of, relating to, or connected with astronomy.
- 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
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- attic room — a room in the attic of a house
- 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.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- attractors — Plural form of attractor.
- au courant — up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auto court — motel.
- 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.
- autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- backcourts — Plural form of backcourt.
- backstroke — Backstroke is a swimming stroke that you do lying on your back.
- bacteriol. — bacteriological
- bark cloth — a papery fabric made from the fibrous inner bark of various trees, esp of the moraceous genus Ficus and the leguminous genus Brachystegia
- baroceptor — Baroreceptor.
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- baroswitch — a switch actuated by barometric pressure.
- barotropic — having a density that is a function only of pressure.
- barracoota — Alt form barracouta.
- barracouta — a large predatory Pacific fish, Thyrsites atun, with a protruding lower jaw and strong teeth: family Gempylidae
- 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.
- biocontrol — the use of one living thing to control another
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- bioreactor — a machine for growing organisms
- blackthorn — a thorny Eurasian rosaceous shrub, Prunus spinosa, with black twigs, white flowers, and small sour plumlike fruits
- boca raton — city in SE Fla., near Fort Lauderdale: pop. 75,000
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
- brace root — prop root.
- brachiator — any primate which swings by its arms from one hold to the next
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.