10-letter words containing tr
- bit stream — a simple contiguous sequence of binary digits transmitted continuously over a communications path; a sequence of data in binary form.
- bit string — (programming, data) An ordered sequence of bits. This is very similar to a bit pattern except that the term "string" suggests an arbitrary length sequence as opposed to a pre-determined length "pattern".
- bitartrate — (not in technical usage) a salt or ester of tartaric acid containing the monovalent group -HC4H4O6 or the ion HC4H4O6–
- blackstrap — a kind of port wine
- blogstream — the publication on the internet of content from weblogs rather than from mainstream media sources
- boat train — A boat train is a train that takes you to or from a port.
- bodhi tree — the sacred peepul at Buddh Gaya under which Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment and became the Buddha
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
- booby-trap — A booby-trap is something such as a bomb which is hidden or disguised and which causes death or injury when it is touched.
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- bottletree — any of a genus (Brachychiton) of trees of the sterculia family, native to Australia, some of which have a swollen, bottle-shaped trunk
- bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
- bradstreet — Anne (Dudley). ?1612–72, US poet, born in England: regarded as the first significant US poet
- breastrail — the upper rail of any parapet on a ship
- bridgetree — a beam supporting the shaft on which an upper millstone rotates.
- bull trout — any large trout, esp the salmon trout
- bully tree — any of several tropical American trees of the sapodilla family that yield balata
- butt-strap — (in metal construction) a plate which overlaps and fastens two pieces butted together.
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- cacotrophy — malnutrition
- caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
- 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
- calcitrant — Stubborn; refractory.
- calcitrate — (formal, ambitransitive) To kick.
- 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.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- cant strip — an inclined or beveled strip of wood, for changing the pitch of a roof slope or for rounding out the angle between a flat roof and an adjoining parapet.
- cantatrice — a female singer, esp a professional soloist
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- card trick — an illusory feat performed with playing cards
- cart track — a rough track or road in a rural area
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- castrating — Present participle of castrate.
- castration — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- castratism — The practice of prepubescently castrating male humans as to preserve their alto or soprano voices.
- castrators — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- castratory — of or relating to castration
- castratrix — (chiefly, used in philosophy, or, psychoanalysis) A female who castrates (either literally or metaphorically).
- catoptrics — the branch of optics concerned with reflection, esp the formation of images by mirrors
- centilitre — A centilitre is a unit of volume in the metric system equal to ten millilitres or one-hundredth of a litre.
- centimetre — A centimetre is a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimetres or one-hundredth of a metre.
- 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