10-letter words containing c, r, o, u
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- choucroute — a dish, resembling sauerkraut, that consists of cabbage that has been preserved by soaking in pickle
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chunderous — nauseating
- churchgoer — A churchgoer is a person who goes to church regularly.
- circle-out — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- circuition — (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
- circuitous — A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clay court — a tennis court with a playing surface topped by a layer of crushed shale, brick, or stone
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.
- clock-hour — a full 60-minute period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation. Compare hour (def 11).
- cloud over — If the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds.
- cloud rack — a group of moving clouds
- cloudberry — a creeping Eurasian herbaceous rosaceous plant, Rubus chamaemorus, with white flowers and orange berry-like fruits (drupelets)
- cloudburst — A cloudburst is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
- co-founder — a person who founds or establishes something with another.
- co-produce — to produce (a film, play, television programme, etc) with another person
- co-routine — a section of a computer program similar to but differing from a subroutine in that it can be left and re-entered at any point
- co-venture — a business project or enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more companies, each sharing in the capitalization and in any profits or losses.
- coadjutors — Plural form of coadjutor.
- coagulator — a substance that produces or aids coagulation.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cockalorum — a self-important little man
- cockleburr — Alternative form of cocklebur.
- cockleburs — Plural form of cocklebur.
- cocksucker — a person regarded as despicable, disgusting, etc.
- cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
- coexecutor — a person acting jointly with another or others as executor
- cofounders — a person who founds or establishes something with another.
- coiffurist — a person who styles hair, especially for women.
- coinsuring — Present participle of coinsure.
- collarstud — a stud that is used to attach a removable collar to a shirt
- collocutor — a person who talks or engages in conversation with another
- coloratura — Coloratura is very complicated and difficult music for a solo singer, especially in opera.
- colorature — (music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.
- colorfully — abounding in color: In their tartans, the Scots guard made a colorful array.
- colostrous — containing colostrum
- colour bar — discrimination against people of a different race, esp as practised by White people against Black people