10-letter words containing t, r, n
- chondritic — (geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chronicity — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chronotron — a gadget that, by contrasting electrical pulsations, can calculate very short periods of time
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- cincturing — Present participle of cincture.
- cineration — The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
- circuiting — Present participle of circuit.
- circuition — (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
- circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- cistercian — a member of a Christian order of monks and nuns founded in 1098, which follows an especially strict form of the Benedictine rule
- citronalis — lemon verbena.
- citronella — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- citrulline — an amino acid that occurs in watermelons and is an intermediate in the formation of urea. Formula: NH2CONH(CH2)3CHNH2COOH
- clattering — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
- clustering — cluster
- cluttering — A speech disorder characterized by fast, jerky, or irregular speech, which often sounds like stuttering.
- co-partner — a partner or associate, as in a business.
- co-routine — a section of a computer program similar to but differing from a subroutine in that it can be left and re-entered at any point
- co-venture — a business project or enterprise undertaken jointly by two or more companies, each sharing in the capitalization and in any profits or losses.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- cocreation — Joint creation.
- codecenter — (programming) (Formerly Saber-C) A proprietary software development environment for C programs, offering an integrated toolkit for developing, testing, debugging and maintainance.
- coeternity — existence for, from, or in eternity with another being
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- coinventor — a fellow inventor
- coinvestor — a fellow investor
- cold front — the boundary line between a warm air mass and the cold air pushing it from beneath and behind as it moves
- coloration — The coloration of an animal or a plant is the colours and patterns on it.
- colorpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- combinator — (computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
- comforting — If you say that something is comforting, you mean it makes you feel less worried or unhappy.
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- comminutor — a machine that pulverizes solids, as in waste treatment.
- commorient — Dying together or at the same time.
- compearant — a person who appears in court
- con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
- concentric — Concentric circles or rings have the same centre.
- concertina — A concertina is a musical instrument consisting of two end pieces with stiff paper or cloth that folds up between them. You play the concertina by pressing the buttons on the end pieces while moving them together and apart.
- concerting — a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- concertino — the small group of soloists in a concerto grosso
- concertion — Act of concerting; adjustment.
- concertize — (esp of a soloist or conductor) to give concerts
- concocters — Plural form of concocter.