11-letter words containing a, c, e, s
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- cranberries — Plural form of cranberry.
- cranesbills — Plural form of cranesbill.
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
- crawl space — A crawl space is a narrow space under the roof or floor of a building that provides access to the wiring or plumbing.
- crazy horse — Native American name Ta-Sunko-Witko. ?1849–77, Sioux chief, remembered for his attempts to resist White settlement in Sioux territory
- crazy house — an asylum for people with psychiatric disorders
- cream sauce — a white sauce made from cream, butter, etc
- creationism — Creationism is the belief that the account of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and that the theory of evolution is incorrect.
- creationist — A creationist is someone who believes that the story of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and who rejects the theory of evolution.
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- creepypasta — (Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet.
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crepuscular — Crepuscular means relating to twilight.
- crescentade — a religious crusade or war fought under the flag of Turkey
- crescograph — an instrument for measuring plant growth
- crestfallen — If you look crestfallen, you look sad and disappointed about something.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- criticaster — a lowly or petty critic
- croker sack — a bag made of burlap or similar material
- cross-heads — Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
- cross-react — to participate in a cross-reaction.
- cross-trade — cross (def 26).
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crossbarred — having a crossbar or crossbars
- crossbearer — a person who carries or wears a cross
- crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
- crustaceans — Plural form of crustacean.
- crustaceous — forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
- crystal set — an early form of radio receiver having a crystal detector to demodulate the radio signals but no amplifier, therefore requiring earphones
- crystal tea — a bog shrub, Ledum palustre, of the heath family, found from the North Temperate Zone to the Arctic Circle, having leaves that are rust-colored and hairy beneath with rolled margins, and dense clusters of white flowers.
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- crystalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystalize.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- crystallise — to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
- crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
- crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature