10-letter words containing c, r, o, u
- betancourt — Rómulo [rom-yuh-loh;; Spanish raw-moo-law] /ˈrɒm yəˌloʊ;; Spanish ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–81, Venezuelan journalist and political leader: president of Venezuela 1945–48 and 1959–64.
- bi-curious — considering experimenting with bisexuality
- bicornuate — Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- binoculars — Binoculars consist of two small telescopes joined together side by side, which you look through in order to look at things that are a long way away.
- blue coral — any coral of the genus Heliopora, having brown polyps and a blue skeleton, found in the Indo-Pacific region.
- blue cross — a nonprofit health insurance organization offering hospitalization and medical benefits to subscribers, esp. to groups of employees and their families
- blues-rock — a blend of rock-'n'-roll and blues.
- body scrub — a product designed to exfoliate the skin
- box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- bur clover — any of several Eurasian legumes of the genus Medicago, as M. hispida, having yellow flowers and prickly, coiled, black pods, naturalized in North America.
- by-product — A by-product is something which is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- carburetor — A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and gasoline are mixed together to form a vapor which can be burned.
- cargo cult — a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cefuroxime — (pharmaceutical drug) A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceratosaur — a carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter).
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.