10-letter words containing tr
- 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
- 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.
- chartreuse — either of two liqueurs, green or yellow, made from herbs and flowers
- chemiatric — healing by the use of chemicals
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- 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.
- chronotron — a gadget that, by contrasting electrical pulsations, can calculate very short periods of time
- cicatrices — Plural form of cicatrix; scars.
- cicatricle — the blastoderm in the egg of a bird
- cicatrized — Simple past tense and past participle of cicatrize.
- cicatrizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cicatrize.
- 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
- cliometric — Of or pertaining to cliometrics.
- cloistress — a nun
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- coach trip — any tour, journey, or voyage made by bus
- cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- colostrous — containing colostrum
- compatriot — Your compatriots are people from your own country.
- concentric — Concentric circles or rings have the same centre.
- constrains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrain.
- constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
- constricts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constrict.
- constringe — to shrink or contract
- constructs — Plural form of construct.
- construing — to give the meaning or intention of; explain; interpret.
- contraband — Contraband refers to goods that are taken into or out of a country illegally.
- contrabass — a member of any of various families of musical instruments that is lower in pitch than the bass
- contracept — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
- contractee — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contractor — A contractor is a person or company that does work for other people or organizations.
- contradict — If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.