10-letter words containing t, m, r
- bus master — (architecture) The device in a computer which is driving the address bus and bus control signals at some point in time. In a simple architecture only the (single) CPU can be bus master but this means that all communications between ("slave") I/O devices must involve the CPU. More sophisticated architectures allow other capable devices (or multiple CPUs) to take turns at controling the bus. This allows, for example, a network controller card to access a disk controller directly while the CPU performs other tasks which do not require the bus, e.g. fetching code from its cache. Note that any device can drive data onto the data bus when the CPU reads from that device, but only the bus master drives the address bus and control signals. See also distributed kernel.
- bushmaster — a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- buttermere — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria, in the Lake District, southwest of Keswick. Length: 2 km (1.25 miles)
- buttermilk — Buttermilk is the liquid that remains when fat has been removed from cream when butter is being made. You can drink buttermilk or use it in cooking.
- c terminus — the carboxyl end of a protein molecule.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- 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
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- campimeter — an instrument for determining the visual field.
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- cant frame — any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- carmarthen — a market town in S Wales, the administrative centre of Carmarthenshire: Norman castle. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- carmustine — a toxic nitrosurea, C 5 H 9 Cl 2 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of a wide range of tumors.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- cartograms — Plural form of cartogram.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cash terms — the terms of a business transaction that is conducted in ready money
- caste mark — a mark on the skin that shows which caste a Hindu belongs to, esp a dot painted on the forehead
- castmember — A member of a theatrical cast.
- castratism — The practice of prepubescently castrating male humans as to preserve their alto or soprano voices.
- catamarans — Plural form of catamaran.
- cathemeral — Relating to organisms that have sporadic and random intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired.
- ceilometer — a device for determining the cloud ceiling, esp by means of a reflected light beam
- cemeterial — of or relating to a cemetery or to burial.
- cemeteries — Plural form of cemetery.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centigrams — Plural form of centigram.
- centimeter — A centimeter is a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimeters or one-hundredth of a meter.
- centimetre — A centimetre is a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimetres or one-hundredth of a metre.
- centralism — Centralism is a way of governing a country, or organizing something such as industry, education, or politics, which involves having one central group of people who give instructions to everyone else.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centromere — the dense nonstaining region of a chromosome that attaches it to the spindle during mitosis
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- ceramicist — a person who makes ceramics.
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- charismata — Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- chart room — chart house.
- chemiatric — healing by the use of chemicals
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chordotomy — an operation to paralyse nerve tracts in the spinal chord in order to relieve pain associated with certain conditions
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.