10-letter words that end in t
- cowboy hat — a wide-brimmed hat as worn by cowboys
- crack root — (security, jargon) To defeat the security system of a Unix machine and gain root privileges thereby. The sort of thing a cracker wants to do.
- craigslist — (transitive, Internet, informal) To advertise (a product or service) on the Craigslist website.
- crankshaft — A crankshaft is the main shaft of an internal combustion engine.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crash cart — a movable cart or similar conveyance carrying supplies and equipment for the management of medical emergencies.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash test — the act of crashing a vehicle under controlled conditions in order to assess its safety for passengers
- crib sheet — a sheet containing notes, etc, on a particular subject, used as a study aid
- crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
- cross-foot — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- cross-post — a message posted to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time: Cross-posts are often greeted with hostility.
- crosscourt — (in racket games) directed to the diagonally opposite side of the court.
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- crown post — any vertical member in a roof truss, especially a king post.
- crown rust — a disease of oats and other grasses, characterized by the formation, on the leaves, of orange or black spores, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia coronata.
- crown wart — a disease of alfalfa and clover, characterized by galls around the base of the stem, caused by several fungi of the genus Urophlyctis.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cuckoopint — a European aroid plant, Arum maculatum, with arrow-shaped leaves, a spathe marked with purple, a pale purple spadix, and scarlet berries
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cunningest — Superlative form of cunning.
- curiousest — (non-standard) Superlative form of curious.
- cut it out — to stop doing what one is doing
- cut velvet — a fabric in which the looped pile has been cut. Compare velvet.
- cut-throat — If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
- cyphertext — (language) An interactive language for text formatting and typesetting.
- cytologist — the study of the microscopic appearance of cells, especially for the diagnosis of abnormalities and malignancies.
- d'alembert — Jean Le Rond (ʒɑ̃ lə rɔ̃). 1717–83, French mathematician, physicist, and rationalist philosopher, noted for his contribution to Newtonian physics in Traité de dynamique (1743) and for his collaboration with Diderot in editing the Encyclopédie
- dash light — a light to illuminate a dashboard in a motor vehicle
- data point — a single fact or piece of information; a datum: Other data points, such as crime statistics, are available from the state government.
- date-night — an evening social date on which a married or long-term couple go out together: I enjoy a once-a-week date night with my husband.
- day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
- dazzlement — the action of dazzling
- dead point — dead center
- deadweight — (of a shot) leaving the other balls in the ideal position
- deafferent — Detached from the nervous system.
- death seat — the seat beside the driver of a vehicle
- debasement — Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something.
- debatement — the act of deliberating or arguing about something
- debt limit — (in public finance) the legal maximum debt permitted a municipal, state, or national government.
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- decampment — The act of decamping.
- decembrist — a participant in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicolas I in Dec 1825
- decimalist — a person who is in favour of decimalism
- deck light — a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- deconflict — Military. to avoid a potential clash or accident involving (nonenemy military operations, weaponry, etc.) in a particular combat area: to deconflict coalition forces from three nations. to avoid such conflict in (a combat area): to deconflict airspace.
- decontract — (ambitransitive) To expand from a contracted state.
- decrescent — (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
- deducement — an assumption or deduction