10-letter words containing c, r, o, u
- supertonic — the second tone of a diatonic scale, being the next above the tonic.
- supraoptic — above the optic chiasm
- surjection — onto function.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- telecourse — a course of study presented on television, as for local home viewers receiving credit at a community college.
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- tirocinium — first or early training or experience, usually referring to the military
- tom cruise — Tom (Thomas Cruise Mapother, 4th) born 1962, U.S. film actor.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- tout court — simply; briefly
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- trance out — to go into a trancelike or ecstatic state, esp through the effects of drugs or music
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- tricoteuse — a woman who knits, with reference to women who sat and witnessed the public executions taking place during the French Revolution
- trilocular — having three loculi, chambers, or cells.
- trinocular — of or relating to a binocular microscope equipped with a third lens system for photographic recording.
- trioecious — of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
- triticeous — used to refer to specific small rounded structures of tissue or cartilage, resembling grains of wheat, sometimes found in the area near the larynx and the base of the tongue
- troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
- truck crop — a vegetable crop raised on a truck farm.
- truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
- truncation — the act or process of truncating.
- tuberculo- — tubercular
- tucker-box — a box used to store or carry food.
- tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
- tumorgenic — producing tumours
- turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- ulceration — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultramicro — extremely small or minute
- ultrasonic — of, relating to, or utilizing ultrasound.
- un-coerced — to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
- unanchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- unbroached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- uncensored — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- uncloister — to free from confinement of any kind
- uncoercive — not coercive; not tending to coerce
- uncolorful — abounding in color: In their tartans, the Scots guard made a colorful array.
- uncoloured — with no colour or with no colour added
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- unconcrete — constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
- uncontrite — caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- underactor — a secondary actor or agent
- undercount — to count less than the full number or amount of: The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population.
- undercover — working or done out of public sight; secret: an undercover investigation.