10-letter words containing r, o, t, c, e
- cartonnier — an ornamental box for papers, usually for placing on a desk.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- catalogers — Plural form of cataloger.
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- categorial — of or relating to a category
- categories — any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- categorise — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorist — a person who categorizes or inserts items in a list
- categorize — If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
- category 3 — (hardware) (Cat 3, or "voice grade") An American Standards Institute standard for UTP cables. Used, e.g., for 100BaseVG network cabling.
- category 5 — The term Category 5 refers to Ethernet cabling that allows data transfers up to 100 Megabits per second.
- category a — (of a prisoner) regarded as highly dangerous and therefore requiring constant observation and maximum security
- category d — (of a prisoner) regarded as sufficiently trustworthy to be kept under open prison conditions
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- ceilometer — a device for determining the cloud ceiling, esp by means of a reflected light beam
- celebrator — to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- centerfold — A centerfold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centrefold — A centrefold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- centromere — the dense nonstaining region of a chromosome that attaches it to the spindle during mitosis
- 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.
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- ceratosaur — a carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter).
- certiorari — an order of a superior court directing that a record of proceedings in a lower court be sent up for review
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- charioteer — In ancient times, a charioteer was a chariot driver.
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- charlottes — Plural form of charlotte.
- charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chatterbot — chatbot
- chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
- 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
- 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
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy