10-letter words containing c, r, o, m
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- 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.
- auxochrome — a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- barometric — Barometric pressure is the atmospheric pressure that is shown by a barometer.
- bichromate — dichromate
- biometrics — that branch of biology which deals with its data statistically and by mathematical analysis
- biomimicry — the mimicking of life using imitation biological systems
- biomorphic — having the form of a living organism
- blackamoor — a Black African or other person with dark skin
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bon marche — a bargain.
- box camera — a simple box-shaped camera having an elementary lens, shutter, and viewfinder
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- caddisworm — the aquatic larva of a caddis fly, which constructs a protective case around itself made of silk, sand, stones, etc
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calyciform — having the form of a calyx
- camcorders — Plural form of camcorder.
- camelopard — giraffe
- cameo ware — jasper ware with applied decoration of classical motifs, resembling a cameo
- cameration — vaulting
- camerawork — The camerawork in a film is the way it has been filmed, especially if the style is interesting or unusual in some way.
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- cancriform — shaped like a crab
- cankerworm — the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- car bomber — someone who hides a bomb under or in a car
- carambolas — Plural form of carambola.
- carcinomas — Plural form of carcinoma.
- cardiogram — electrocardiogram
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- carom ball — the ball struck by the cue ball in rebounding off the object ball. Compare object ball (def 1).
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cartograms — Plural form of cartogram.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cefuroxime — (pharmaceutical drug) A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- ceilometer — a device for determining the cloud ceiling, esp by means of a reflected light beam
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centromere — the dense nonstaining region of a chromosome that attaches it to the spindle during mitosis
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole