10-letter words containing s, y, r, o
- cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
- 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)
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- clearstory — clerestory
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
- commissary — A commissary is a shop that provides food and equipment in a place such as a military camp or a prison.
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- conclusory — of, relating to, or involving an end or conclusion
- condensery — a factory where condensed milk is produced
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- consistory — the court of a diocese (other than Canterbury) administering ecclesiastical law
- conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.
- consultory — consultative
- conversely — You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described.
- copolymers — Plural form of copolymer.
- copy press — a simple machine for printing many copies of a document
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- corkscrewy — Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape.
- corn syrup — syrup prepared from maize
- corylopsis — any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Corylopsis, which are found in eastern Asia and have yellow flowers
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cosmic ray — a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high-energy atomic nuclei.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- counterspy — a spy working against or investigating enemy espionage
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- courtyards — Plural form of courtyard.
- cross-eyed — Someone who is cross-eyed has eyes that seem to look towards each other.
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryometers — Plural form of cryometer.
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cryoprobes — Plural form of cryoprobe.
- cryoscopes — Plural form of cryoscope.
- cryoscopic — Chemistry. a technique for determining the molecular weight of a substance by dissolving it and measuring the freezing point of the solution.
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- crystallo- — crystal
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- curiousity — Misspelling of curiosity.
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.
- cyberstore — (computing) A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet.