10-letter words containing c, r, o, m
- racemiform — having the form of a raceme.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- radiciform — resembling a root
- razor clam — any of several rapidly burrowing clams (esp. family Solenidae) of sandy beaches, having elongated, narrow shells somewhat resembling a straight razor
- reaccustom — to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.
- recommence — start again
- recompense — to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- recompress — to compress (something) again
- recomputed — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
- recoupment — to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- redocument — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
- rock climb — an instance of rock climbing or the route followed
- rock maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- rock music — heavy form of pop music
- rocker arm — a rocking or oscillating arm or lever rotating with a moving shaft or pivoted on a stationary shaft.
- rocker cam — a cam with a rocking or reciprocating motion.
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- rom. cath. — Roman Catholic
- roman arch — a semicircular arch.
- roman pace — an ancient Roman unit of measurement, equal to 5 Roman feet or about 58 U.S. inches (147 cm).
- romancical — relating to or dealing with romance
- room clerk — a clerk at a hotel who assigns rooms to guests, keeps the guest register, sorts the incoming mail, etc.
- round clam — quahog.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- sacramento — a state in the W United States, on the Pacific coast. 158,693 sq. mi. (411,015 sq. km). Capital: Sacramento. Abbreviation: CA (for use with zip code), Cal., Calif.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- san marcos — a city in S central Texas.
- sarcolemma — the membranous sheath of a muscle fiber.
- sarcoplasm — the cytoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.
- sarcosomal — relating to a sarcosome
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schoolmarm — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schoolroom — a room in which a class is conducted or pupils are taught.
- scleroderm — a fish of the sclerodermi tribe
- sclerotium — a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- sclerotome — Embryology. the part of a mesodermal somite contributing to the development of the vertebrae and ribs.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- scotometer — a device used for measuring a scotoma's size, shape and intensity
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- seriocomic — partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
- shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes
- slow march — a march in slow time
- soccer mom — a typical American suburban woman with school-age children.