10-letter words containing t, r, n
- 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.
- centistere — one 100th of a stere.
- centralise — to draw to or gather about a center.
- 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.
- centralist — Centralist organizations govern a country or organize things using one central group of people who control and instruct everyone else.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- centralize — To centralize a country, state, or organization means to create a system in which one central group of people gives instructions to regional groups.
- centration — The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
- centre bit — a drilling bit with a central projecting point and two side cutters
- 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.
- centreless — without a centre
- centreline — a line that divides something into two equal parts
- centrelink — the Australian federal agency that distributes welfare funds
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centricity — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- centrifuge — A centrifuge is a machine that spins mixtures of different substances around very quickly so that they separate by centrifugal force.
- 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.
- cerf, vint — Vint Cerf
- certainity — Misspelling of certainty.
- certaynely — Archaic spelling of certainly.
- certifying — Present participle of certify.
- cfortran.h — (library) A transparent, machine independent interface between C and Fortran routines and global data, developed by Burkhard Burow at CERN. It provides macros which allow the C preprocessor to translate a simple description of a C (Fortran) routine or global data into a Fortran (C) interface. Version 2.6 runs on VAX/VMS/Ultrix, DECstation, Silicon Graphics, IBM RS/6000, Sun, Cray, Apollo, HP9000, LynxOS, f2c, NAG f90. cfortran.h was reviewed in RS/Magazine November 1992 and a user's experiences with cfortran.h are described in the Jan 93 issue of Computers in Physics.
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- charlatans — Plural form of charlatan.
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
- chattering — rapid and continuous talk
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- 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
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chittering — a chirping noise
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chlorinity — the amount of chlorine present in water, esp sea-water
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.