10-letter words containing i, s, o, c, t, r
- centronics — (company, hardware, printer) A company in Hudson N.H., USA, best known for designing the parallel interface for printers with the same name, found on many microcomputers.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- 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.
- christhood — the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- 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
- circuitous — A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- citronalis — lemon verbena.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- coiffurist — a person who styles hair, especially for women.
- coinvestor — a fellow investor
- coloristic — having to do with color or the use of color
- come first — If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- compositor — A compositor is a person who arranges the text and pictures of a book, magazine, or newspaper before it is printed.
- con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
- concretise — to make concrete, real, or particular; give tangible or definite form to: to concretize abstractions.
- concretism — the practice of representing abstract concepts in concrete terms
- concretist — a person who represents abstract concepts in concrete terms
- conformist — Someone who is conformist behaves or thinks like everyone else rather than doing things that are original.
- conscripts — Plural form of conscript.
- consistory — the court of a diocese (other than Canterbury) administering ecclesiastical law
- consortial — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- consorting — a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch. Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consortion — a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch. Compare prince consort, queen consort.
- consortism — symbiosis
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- conspirant — planning a crime or harmful act in secret
- constrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrain.
- constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- constricts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrict.
- constringe — to shrink or contract
- construing — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- containers — Plural form of container.