10-letter words containing a, l, c, r
- blue crane — the great blue heron.
- blue racer — a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of the US
- bnr pascal — ["Remote Rendezvous", N. Gammage et al, Soft Prac & Exp 17(10):741-755 (Oct 1987)].
- brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- brain cell — a nerve cell that is situated in the brain
- brainchild — Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created.
- brick wall — a wall made out of brick
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brilliance — great brightness; radiance
- brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
- brix scale — a scale for calibrating hydrometers used for measuring the concentration and density of sugar solutions at a given temperature
- broadcloth — fabric woven on a wide loom
- broadscale — on a broad scale; extensive; spread over a wide area
- brocatelle — a heavy brocade with the design in deep relief, used chiefly in upholstery
- brown coal — a low-quality coal intermediate in grade between peat and lignite
- bubble car — (in Britain, formerly) a small car, often having three wheels, with a transparent bubble-shaped top
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cadwalader — 7th century ad, legendary king of the Britons, probably a confusion of several historical figures
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- 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
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calamander — the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae
- calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
- calciminer — A person who calcimines.
- 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.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
- calderdale — a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 193 200 (2003 est). Area: 364 sq km (140 sq miles)
- calefactor — a heater
- calendared — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- calendarer — a person who calendars
- calendered — Simple past tense and past participle of calender.
- calenderer — a person who operates a calender
- calibrated — marked with units
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- calibrator — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- california — a state on the W coast of the US: the third largest state in area and the largest in population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the Coast Range, deserts in the south, the fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in the east; major industries include the growing of citrus fruits and grapes, fishing, oil production, electronics, information technology, and films. Capital: Sacramento. Pop: 35 484 453 (2003 est). Area: 411 015 sq km (158 693 sq miles)
- caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
- call alarm — an electronic device that sends an alarm signal, usually to a distant monitoring centre
- call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- call-board — a bulletin board, as in a theater, on which notices are posted announcing rehearsals, changes in the cast, etc.
- calligraph — to produce by means of calligraphy: The love letter was calligraphed in a delicate hand.