10-letter words containing e, t, r
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- chemiatric — healing by the use of chemicals
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chervonets — (formerly) a Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles
- chesterbed — a sofa or chesterfield that opens into a bed.
- chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chichester — a city in S England, administrative centre of West Sussex: Roman ruins; 11th-century cathedral; Festival Theatre. Pop: 27 477 (2001)
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chittering — a chirping noise
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- choropleth — a symbol or marked and bounded area on a map denoting the distribution of some property
- choucroute — a dish, resembling sauerkraut, that consists of cabbage that has been preserved by soaking in pickle
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- christless — being without the teachings or spirit of Christ; unchristian.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- cicatrices — Plural form of cicatrix; scars.
- cicatricle — the blastoderm in the egg of a bird
- cicatrized — Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrize.
- cicatrizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cicatrize.
- cigarettes — Plural form of cigarette.
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- ciphertext — encrypted text
- 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 .
- circuiteer — someone who completes a circuit
- circuities — Plural form of circuity.
- circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- citrulline — an amino acid that occurs in watermelons and is an intermediate in the formation of urea. Formula: NH2CONH(CH2)3CHNH2COOH
- city break — a short holiday spent in a city
- city clerk — a city official who maintains public records and vital statistics, issues licenses, etc.
- clapometer — a device that measures applause
- claret cup — an iced drink made of claret, brandy, lemon, sugar, and sometimes sherry, Curaçao, etc
- clathrates — Plural form of clathrate.