10-letter words containing c, r, o, t
- crosstrees — two short bars across a ship's masthead, to spread the rigging that supports the mast
- crotalaria — a genus of plants and shrubs of the Fabaceae family with pods in which the seeds rattle
- crotcheted — short-tempered
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- crotchwood — wood from a tree crotch, characterized by a swirling, irregular figure and used for furniture and veneers.
- croton bug — a small, winged cockroach (Blattella germanica); German cockroach
- croton oil — a yellowish-brown oil obtained from the plant Croton tiglium, formerly used as a drastic purgative
- croustades — Plural form of croustade.
- crown post — any vertical member in a roof truss, especially a king post.
- crown rust — a disease of oats and other grasses, characterized by the formation, on the leaves, of orange or black spores, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia coronata.
- crown wart — a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- cryoconite — a dark powder found at the bottom of glacier holes, formerly thought to be cosmic in origin but now widely regarded to be terrestrial
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryometers — Plural form of cryometer.
- cryometric — of or relating to cryometry
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat
- crypto-jew — a member of a Jewish community who secretly practices Judaism while officially converting, under duress, to either Christianity or Islam.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cryptology — the study of secret codes or ciphers and the devices used to create and decipher them
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- cryptozoic — of or relating to that part of geological time represented by rocks in which the evidence of life is slight and the life forms are primitive; pre-Phanerozoic
- cryptozoon — an extinct genus of algae from Precambrian and Cambrian times, forming irregularly hemispherical fossil colonies composed of layers of limy precipitate.
- crystallo- — crystal
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- cuchifrito — a small piece of pork, pig's stomach, etc. dipped in batter and deep-fried
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- cultriform — (botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- curatorial — Curatorial means relating to curators and their work.
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- curiousest — (non-standard) Superlative form of curious.
- curiousity — Misspelling of curiosity.
- custom car — a car that is built to the buyer's own specifications
- customizer — a person who customizes
- cut across — If an issue or problem cuts across the division between two or more groups of people, it affects or matters to people in all the groups.
- cut flower — any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
- cut-throat — If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyberstore — (computing) A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet.
- cyclometer — a device that records the number of revolutions made by a wheel and hence the distance travelled