11-letter words containing a, n, e, c
- cordwainery — Shoemaking.
- core cancer — (jargon) A process that exhibits a slow but inexorable resource leak - like a cancer, it kills by crowding out productive "tissue".
- corner flag — a flag placed on a short pole marking a corner of a football pitch
- corner rack — A corner rack is a shelving unit designed to fit into corners to maximize space.
- cornerbacks — Plural form of cornerback.
- corniculate — having horns or hornlike projections
- correlating — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- correlation — A correlation between things is a connection or link between them.
- coscenarist — one of two or more joint scenarists.
- cosmetician — a person who makes, sells, or applies cosmetics
- cotoneaster — any Old World shrub of the rosaceous genus Cotoneaster: cultivated for their small ornamental white or pinkish flowers and red or black berries
- cotransduce — to cause (genes) to undergo cotransduction
- cotton cake — cottonseed meal compressed into nuts or cubes of various sizes for feeding to animals
- cotton lace — machine-made lace made from cotton
- countenance — If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen.
- counteracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counteract.
- counterbase — a double bass
- counterdraw — to copy (a painting, etc) by tracing it onto a transparent material, such as oiled paper
- counterfact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- countermark — a mark on an object that is additional to a mark already on that object, and that serves a purpose such as enhancing security, or noting a change in the value of that object, etc
- counterpace — a countermove
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterraid — a retaliatory raid on an enemy
- countersank — Simple past form of countersink.
- counterseal — a smaller seal on the reverse of the main seal
- countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
- countervair — (heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- countryseat — a house or estate in the country
- county seat — A county seat is the same as a county town.
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- court dance — a dignified dance for performance at a court. Compare folk dance (def 1).
- covenanters — Plural form of covenanter.
- covenanting — Present participle of covenant.
- covenantors — Plural form of covenantor.
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- crab nebula — the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad, lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years
- crabbedness — The state or quality of being crabbed.
- cracovienne — a fast dance from the Krakow region of Poland which became popular in Paris during the 19th century
- craft knife — a knife used for paper crafts, etc, that has a sharp replaceable blade
- craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
- craggedness — the quality of being cragged
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- cranberries — Plural form of cranberry.