11-letter words containing a, r, c, t
- crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- crystallog. — crystallography
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- culebra cut — former name of Gaillard Cut.
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturalism — A belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- culture war — conflict of values
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- curialistic — of or relating to curialism or curialists
- currant bun — a sweet bun containing currants
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- custard cup — a heat-resistant porcelain or glass cup in which an individual custard is baked.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cut a caper — to skip or jump playfully
- cut and run — to make a rapid escape
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
- cutty grass — a species of sedge, Cyperus ustulatus, of New Zealand with sharp leaves
- cyberattack — an attempt to damage or disrupt a computer system, or obtain information stored on a computer system, by means of hacking
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cybersafety — Safety in using the Internet.
- cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
- cyclostylar — (architecture) Of or pertaining to a cyclostyle (a circular group of columns without a core).
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- daddy track — a career path for men who are willing to forgo promotions, raises, etc., so as to spend more time with their children.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- deallocator — One who, or that which, deallocates.
- death chair — electric chair.
- death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
- decahydrate — a hydrate that contains ten molecules of water, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.