10-letter words containing e, t, r
- croustades — Plural form of croustade.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- crustacean — A crustacean is an animal with a hard shell and several pairs of legs, which usually lives in water. Crabs, lobsters, and shrimps are crustaceans.
- crustiness — The state of being crusty.
- cryoconite — a dark powder found at the bottom of glacier holes, formerly thought to be cosmic in origin but now widely regarded to be terrestrial
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryometers — Plural form of cryometer.
- cryometric — of or relating to cryometry
- crypto-jew — a member of a Jewish community who secretly practices Judaism while officially converting, under duress, to either Christianity or Islam.
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- crystalise — Alternative spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling.
- crystalize — (rare) alternative spelling of crystallize.
- ct scanner — computerized tomography scanner: an X-ray machine that can produce stereographic images
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- cub master — a man who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- culturable — able to be cultivated or cultured
- culvertage — the forfeiture of a person's property, thereby reducing him to the status of a villain
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- curettages — Plural form of curettage.
- curiousest — (non-standard) Superlative form of curious.
- curtilages — Plural form of curtilage.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- curtseying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curvatures — Plural form of curvature.
- curvetting — Present participle of curvet.
- customizer — a person who customizes
- cut flower — any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
- cut square — a stamp cut from the envelope on which it has been printed so as to leave a square margin.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- cutter bar — Also called sickle bar. (in a mower, binder, or combine) a bar with triangular guards along which a knife or blade runs.
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cybercasts — Plural form of cybercast.
- cybernetic — the study of human control functions and of mechanical and electronic systems designed to replace them, involving the application of statistical mechanics to communication engineering.
- cyberstore — (computing) A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet.
- cyclometer — a device that records the number of revolutions made by a wheel and hence the distance travelled
- cylindrite — a mineral made up of cylindrical crystals containing tin, iron, lead, and antimony
- cyma recta — a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.
- cyphertext — (language) An interactive language for text formatting and typesetting.
- cyrtostyle — a convex portico, as at an entrance.
- cysticerci — the larva of certain tapeworms, having the head retracted into a bladderlike structure; a bladder worm.
- cystometer — a device for determining the reaction of the urinary bladder to increased internal pressure.
- cytarabine — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- cytochrome — any of a group of naturally occurring compounds, consisting of iron, a protein, and a porphyrin, that are important in cell oxidation-reduction reactions
- cytometric — of or relating to cytometry