10-letter words containing c, t
- attack dog — a dog trained to attack on command
- attackable — Which may be attacked.
- attendance — Someone's attendance at an event or an institution is the fact that they are present at the event or go regularly to the institution.
- attendancy — the condition or quality of accompanying or attending
- attic base — (in classical architecture) a base for a column, consisting of an upper and a lower torus separated by a scotia between two fillets.
- attic room — a room in the attic of a house
- attic salt — refined incisive wit
- attoparsec — (unit, humour) About 31 mm (one inch). "atto-" is the standard SI prefix for multiplication by 10^-18. A parsec (parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 * 10^-18 light years. Thus, one attoparsec per microfortnight is about one inch per second. This unit is reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers in the UK.
- attractant — a substance that attracts, esp a chemical (sex attractant) produced by an insect and attracting insects of the same species
- attracting — Present participle of attract.
- attraction — An attraction is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable.
- attractive — A person who is attractive is pleasant to look at.
- attractors — Plural form of attractor.
- atypically — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- au courant — up-to-date, esp in knowledge of current affairs
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- auctioneer — An auctioneer is a person in charge of an auction.
- auctioning — Present participle of auction.
- audacities — Plural form of audacity.
- auriculate — having ears
- auscultate — to examine (a patient) by means of auscultation
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- austenitic — consisting mainly of austenite.
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- autarchist — of or relating to autarchism
- autarkical — of or relating to autarky
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- auto court — motel.
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- autochthon — one of the earliest known inhabitants of any country; aboriginal
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autoclaves — Plural form of autoclave.
- autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
- autodidact — a person who is self-taught
- autoecious — (of parasites, esp the rust fungi) completing the entire life cycle on a single species of host
- autoerotic — producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.
- automatics — Plural form of automatic.
- autonoetic — Of or relating to autonoesis.
- autonomics — the study of self-regulating systems for process control
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- autoscopic — of or relating to an out-of-body experience
- autotropic — Growing in a straight line.
- aviatrices — Plural form of aviatrix.
- aviculture — the keeping and rearing of birds
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- avunculate — the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- axiomatics — the study of axioms