11-letter words containing a, c, t, e, r
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
- buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- cabaret tax — a tax levied on entertainment, dancing, floor shows, etc., at places where liquor is served, as at cabarets and nightclubs.
- cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
- cactus pear — tuna2 .
- cactus wren — any American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of arid regions, especially C. brunneicapillus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- caddie cart — a small two-wheeled cart used by golfers to carry their clubs.
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- cafe filtre — a strong black filtered coffee
- cafetoriums — Plural form of cafetorium.
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calefactory — giving warmth
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- californite — vesuvianite jade.
- call center — A call center is an office where people work answering or making telephone calls for a particular company.
- call centre — A call centre is an office where people work answering or making telephone calls for a particular company.
- call market — the market for lending call money.
- callicrates — 5th century bc, Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon
- calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
- camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- canceration — the process of becoming cancerous
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- cane-cutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- canisterise — to put into canisters
- canisterize — to put into canisters
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- capped-rate — having a fixed upper limit
- caravanette — a motor vehicle with an area at the back that is equipped for living in
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction