10-letter words containing c, r, o, t
- corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- cosmocrats — Plural form of cosmocrat.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cospectral — (mathematics) isospectral.
- cost price — If something is sold at cost price, it is sold for the same price as it cost the seller to buy it.
- 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.
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- 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
- cotter pin — a split pin secured, after passing through holes in the parts to be attached, by spreading the ends
- cotterless — (of a machine) having no cotter
- cottierism — (in Ireland) the system of cottier tenure
- cotyliform — shaped like a cup
- 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
- coulometer — an electrolytic cell for measuring the magnitude of an electric charge by determining the total amount of decomposition resulting from the passage of the charge through the cell
- coulometry — a method used in quantitative analysis, whereby the amount of a substance set free or deposited during electrolysis is determined by measuring the number of coulombs that passed through the electrolyte.
- coulterneb — The puffin.
- 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.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- counterbug — (humour) A bug used as a relpy to refute another person's bug report, as in "counterargument".
- countercry — a cry responding to another cry
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterman — a man who works on a lunch counter or behind the counter of a cafe
- countermen — Plural form of counterman.
- counterpin — bedspread.
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage
- countersue — to sue (a plaintiff) in response or opposition to a preceding lawsuit
- countertop — A countertop is a flat surface in a kitchen which is easily cleaned and on which you can prepare food.
- counterwar — War waged in response to another war.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- countrymen — a native or inhabitant of one's own country.
- 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)
- courgettes — Plural form of courgette.
- coursemate — One who is taking the same academic 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
- court roll — the register of land holdings, etc, of a manorial court
- court shoe — Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design.
- court tomb — a type of Neolithic trapezoidal burial mound having a semicircular forecourt at one end and bounded by large standing stones, common in the British Isles.
- courtcraft — the artifices and intrigues of a royal court
- courtesans — Plural form of courtesan.
- courtesies — excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
- courthouse — A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.