10-letter words containing r, o, c, a, i
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crotalaria — a genus of plants and shrubs of the Fabaceae family with pods in which the seeds rattle
- cruciation — (obsolete) torture; torment.
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- curatorial — Curatorial means relating to curators and their work.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cycloramic — a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.
- cyclosarin — Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.
- deaconries — Plural form of deaconry.
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- decreation — Destruction.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- disaccords — Plural form of disaccord.
- discordant — being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- disorganic — Not organic; having no organization.
- distractor — a person or thing that distracts the attention.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- domiciliar — a canon of a minor order.
- door chain — a short chain with a removable slide fitting that can be attached between the inside of a door and the doorjamb to prevent the door from being opened more than a few inches without the chain being removed.
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dracontine — Belonging to a dragon.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- ecowarrior — Alternative spelling of eco-warrior.