10-letter words containing c, u, r, i, o
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- 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.
- 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
- coiffurist — a person who styles hair, especially for women.
- coinsuring — Present participle of coinsure.
- colourings — Plural form of colouring.
- colourizer — a person or thing that colourizes
- columbaria — Irregular plural form of columbarium.
- comminutor — a machine that pulverizes solids, as in waste treatment.
- commissure — a band of tissue linking two parts or organs, such as the nervous tissue connecting the right and left sides of the brain in vertebrates
- commixture — a mixture
- compursion — the act of contracting the mouth into a small rounded shape
- concurring — to accord in opinion; agree: Do you concur with his statement?
- configured — Simple past tense and past participle of configure.
- configures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of configure.
- coniferous — A coniferous forest or wood is made up of conifers.
- conquering — to acquire by force of arms; win in war: to conquer a foreign land.
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- construing — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- contouring — Present participle of contour.
- contribute — If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- copurifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copurify.
- coreid bug — leaf-footed bug.
- coriaceous — of or resembling leather
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- corniculum — a small horn or corniform part
- cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.
- coroutines — Plural form of coroutine.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- corruptive — tending to corrupt or produce corruption
- costumiers — Plural form of costumier.
- coumarilic — coumaric
- councillor — A councillor is a member of a local council.
- councilors — Plural form of councilor.
- counterair — (military) Attacking the air force of an opposing power.
- counterbid — A counterbid is a bid that is made in response to a bid from another person or group, offering the seller more advantages.
- countering — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- counterion — an ion that has the opposite charge to that of another ion within the same solution
- counterpin — bedspread.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music