12-letter words containing a, c, u, r, i, e
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- charcuteries — Plural form of charcuterie.
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- circularises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circularise.
- circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
- circularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circularize.
- circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
- circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- circumjacent — surrounding; lying around
- circumnutate — to rotate slightly on a central axis
- circumrotate — to turn like a wheel; rotate
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- claim-jumper — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- connaisseurs — Plural form of connaisseur.
- containerful — As much as a container can hold.
- contriturate — to triturate completely
- coram judice — before a court having the authority to hear and decide (the case in question).
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- counter-raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- counterstain — to apply two or more stains in sequence to (a specimen to be examined), each of which colours a different tissue
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell