10-letter words containing t, o, r, i, l
- boat drill — practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
- boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- burlington — a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- 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
- 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.
- calibrator — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- caloricity — Ectothermy.
- carol city — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- castor oil — Castor oil is a thick yellow oil that is obtained from the seeds of the castor oil plant. It has a very unpleasant taste and in former times was used as a medicine.
- categorial — of or relating to a category
- ceilometer — a device for determining the cloud ceiling, esp by means of a reflected light beam
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centroidal — of or relating to a centroid
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chlorinity — the amount of chlorine present in water, esp sea-water
- choir loft — a gallery in a cathedral, abbey, or church used by the choir
- choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- circle-out — a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 = r 2 .
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- citalopram — an antidepressant drug, C 20 H 22 BrFN 20 , of the SSRI class, that acts by prolonging the action of serotonin in the brain.
- citronalis — lemon verbena.
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
- cliometric — Of or pertaining to cliometrics.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- co-orbital — noting or pertaining to two or more celestial bodies that share or almost share an orbit.
- collimator — a small telescope attached to a larger optical instrument as an aid in fixing its line of sight
- coloration — The coloration of an animal or a plant is the colours and patterns on it.
- coloristic — having to do with color or the use of color
- colorpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- compilator — a compiler
- consortial — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- contrarily — in a perverse or obstinate manner
- contritely — caused by or showing sincere remorse.