10-letter words containing r, e, a, c
- clubmaster — the manager of a gentlemen's club
- co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
- co-operate — If you co-operate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people co-operate.
- co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
- coacervate — either of two liquid phases that may separate from a hydrophilic sol, each containing a different concentration of a dispersed solid
- coachmaker — A coachbuilder.
- coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
- coarctated — Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate.
- coarseness — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- coasterize — to ruin (a CD), esp while attempting to burn music, etc on to it, thus rendering it useful only as a drinks coaster
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- cockchafer — any of various Old World scarabaeid beetles, esp Melolontha melolontha of Europe, whose larvae feed on crops and grasses
- cockteaser — a girl or woman who purposely excites or arouses a male sexually but then refuses to have intercourse.
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- coenosarcs — Plural form of coenosarc.
- cofavorite — a joint favourite
- coffee bar — A coffee bar is a small café where non-alcoholic drinks and snacks are sold.
- cofferdams — Plural form of cofferdam.
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- coimbatore — an industrial city in SW India, in W Tamil Nadu. Pop: 923 085 (2001)
- cold cream — an emulsion of water and fat used cosmetically for softening and cleansing the skin
- cold frame — A cold frame is a wooden frame with a glass top in which you grow small plants to protect them from cold weather.
- cold-water — designating a room, apartment, etc. that is not provided with hot water or, sometimes, a bathroom
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- coleoptera — the largest order in the animal kingdom; the beetles
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- collarbone — Your collarbones are the two long bones which run from throat to your shoulders.
- collarette — a woman's fur or lace collar
- collarless — A collarless shirt or jacket has no collar.
- collateral — Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan.
- colorature — (music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.
- colorectal — of or relating to the colon and rectum
- colourable — capable of being coloured
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- columellar — (biology, anatomy) Of or pertaining to a columella.
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- comebacker — (baseball) A pop fly that falls behind home plate, typically caught by the catcher for an out.
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commandeer — If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
- commanders — Plural form of commander.