10-letter words containing t, r, o, m
- camorrista — a member of a camorra
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cartograms — Plural form of cartogram.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- ceilometer — a device for determining the cloud ceiling, esp by means of a reflected light beam
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- 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
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- chart room — chart house.
- 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
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- 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.
- clapometer — a device that measures applause
- clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
- cliometric — Of or pertaining to cliometrics.
- coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
- coimbatore — an industrial city in SW India, in W Tamil Nadu. Pop: 923 085 (2001)
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- collimator — a small telescope attached to a larger optical instrument as an aid in fixing its line of sight
- combat car — a small armoured car
- combinator — (computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
- combustors — Plural form of combustor.
- come first — If you say that someone or something comes first for a particular person, you mean they treat or consider that person or thing as more important than anything else.
- come-outer — an outspoken or very active supporter of a cause, especially a reformer or a social activist.
- comforters — Plural form of comforter.
- comforting — If you say that something is comforting, you mean it makes you feel less worried or unhappy.
- comiserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- 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.
- commixture — a mixture
- commorient — Dying together or at the same time.
- commutator — a device used to reverse the direction of flow of an electric current
- compactors — Plural form of compactor.
- compacture — an act of joining or bringing into proximity
- comparator — any instrument used to measure a property of a system by comparing it with a standard system
- compatriot — Your compatriots are people from your own country.
- compearant — a person who appears in court
- competitor — A company's competitors are companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people.
- compilator — a compiler