10-letter words containing r, t, c
- bovaristic — an exaggerated, especially glamorized, estimate of oneself; conceit.
- box cutter — a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
- brace root — prop root.
- brachiator — any primate which swings by its arms from one hold to the next
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- branch cut — a method for selecting a single-valued function on a subset of the domain of a multiple-valued function of a complex variable.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- branchiate — having gills.
- bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- brecciated — Petrology. to form as breccia.
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- bronchitic — acute or chronic inflammation of the membrane lining of the bronchial tubes, caused by respiratory infection or exposure to bronchial irritants, as cigarette smoke.
- bronchitis — Bronchitis is an illness like a very bad cough, in which your bronchial tubes become sore and infected.
- broomstick — A broomstick is an old-fashioned broom which has a bunch of small sticks at the end.
- brown coat — arriccio.
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- buccinator — a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc
- buffet car — a railway coach where light refreshments are served
- burckhardt — Jacob Christoph. 1818–97, Swiss art and cultural historian; author of The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860)
- bureaucrat — Bureaucrats are officials who work in a large administrative system. You can refer to officials as bureaucrats especially if you disapprove of them because they seem to follow rules and procedures too strictly.
- by-product — A by-product is something which is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cabineteer — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of a governmental cabinet.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacciatora — A style of cooking in which meat is cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes, white wine and herbs; chasseur.
- cacciatore — prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings
- cacotrophy — malnutrition
- caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- cake eater — a ladies' man.
- calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2
- calcitrant — Stubborn; refractory.
- calcitrate — (formal, ambitransitive) To kick.
- calcitriol — Biochemistry. a vitamin D compound, C 27 H 44 O 3 , occurring in humans as a hormone derived from cholesterol, that acts in the regulation and absorption of calcium.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
- calefactor — a heater
- calibrated — marked with units
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- calibrator — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- caloricity — Ectothermy.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameration — vaulting