10-letter words containing c, r
- air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
- air police — members of an air force assigned to carry on police duties
- air switch — a switch in which the interruption of the circuit occurs in air.
- air ticket — a ticket to travel on a commercial plane
- air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
- aircrewman — a member of an aircrew.
- akaryocyte — A cell that has no nucleus.
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- alarm call — a telephone call that someone arranges to have made in order to wake him or her up in the morning
- alarmclock — Misspelling of alarm clock.
- alcaiceria — a silk market
- alcheringa — (often initial capital letter) dreamtime.
- alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
- aldermanic — a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- ale conner — a local official appointed to examine the measure and quality of ale, beer, and bread
- all-comers — You use all-comers to refer to everyone who wants to take part in an activity, especially a competition.
- allergenic — causing allergic sensitization.
- allometric — Of or pertaining to allometry.
- allopatric — (of biological speciation or species) taking place or existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another
- allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
- allotropic — of or characterized by allotropy
- almucantar — a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizontal plane
- altar call — an evangelist preacher's invitation at the end of the sermon, asking people to come forward to acknowledge a conversion.
- altar card — one of three cards having certain portions of the Mass printed on them, placed upright on the altar to assist the memory of the celebrant.
- altarpiece — An altarpiece is a work of art behind the altar in a church.
- alternance — alternation; regular change
- altimetric — Of or pertaining to altimetry.
- altrincham — a residential town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 40 695 (2001)
- altruistic — If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself.
- amarynceus — a king of Messene who ruled Elis with Augeas and who was slain by Nestor in a war against the Pylians.
- amberjacks — Plural form of amberjack.
- amboceptor — an immune body formed in the blood during infection or immunization that serves to link the complement to the antigen
- ambulacral — one of the radial areas in an echinoderm, as the sea urchin, bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves.
- ambulacrum — any of five radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms, such as the starfish and sea urchin, on which the tube feet are situated
- ambuscader — a person waiting in ambush; an ambusher
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- americanos — Plural form of americano.
- amphibrach — a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable between two short syllables (◡ – ◡)
- amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
- amphimacer — a metrical foot consisting, in Greek and Latin verse, of one short syllable between two long ones, or, in English verse, of one unaccented syllable between two accented ones (Ex.: | hésĭtáte |)
- amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
- anacardium — a genus of plants in the Anacardiaceae family found chiefly in tropical areas
- anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
- anachronic — out of chronological order or out of date
- anachronym — Synonym of backronym.
- anacrustic — Prosody. an unstressed syllable or syllable group that begins a line of verse but is not counted as part of the first foot.
- anamorphic — of, relating to, or caused by anamorphosis or anamorphism
- anarchical — of, like, or tending to anarchy.
- anarchists — Plural form of anarchist.
- ancestress — a female ancestor (sense 1) ancestor (sense 4)