10-letter words containing u, r, o
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- capricious — Someone who is capricious often changes their mind unexpectedly.
- capsorubin — (organic compound) A di-hydroxy, keto carotenoid, which, together with capsanthin, constitutes the red pigment of paprika.
- caquetoire — cacqueteuse.
- carburetor — A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and gasoline are mixed together to form a vapor which can be burned.
- cargo cult — a religious movement of the SW Pacific, characterized by expectation of the return of spirits in ships or aircraft carrying goods that will provide for the needs of the followers
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
- cataloguer — One who catalogues.
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- cefuroxime — (pharmaceutical drug) A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- celebrious — (obsolete) famous.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- censorious — If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceratosaur — a carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter).
- ceriferous — producing or bearing wax
- ceruminous — earwax.
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- choucroute — a dish, resembling sauerkraut, that consists of cabbage that has been preserved by soaking in pickle
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chunderous — nauseating
- churchgoer — A churchgoer is a person who goes to church regularly.
- 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 .
- circuition — (archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
- circuitous — A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct.
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
- circumpose — to position around, or within an encircled place
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clamourous — Archaic spelling of clamorous.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- clay court — a tennis court with a playing surface topped by a layer of crushed shale, brick, or stone
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.