12-letter words containing c, a, i
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
- council flat — a flat built or owned by a local council
- councilmanic — of or relating to a councilman or councilwoman
- councilwoman — A councilwoman is a woman who is a member of a local council.
- countability — the fact of being countable
- 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.
- coup d'essai — a first attempt.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- court action — a legal action
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- crack willow — a species of commonly grown willow, Salix fragilis, with branches that snap easily
- crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- crane driver — a person who drives a crane
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- craniofacial — relating to both the cranium and the face
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- craniosacral — as in craniosacral therapy, an alternative therapy involving gentle manipulation of the bones and membranes of the skull, in order to treat a wide range of physical and psychological disorders
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- craveability — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- creationists — Plural form of creationist.
- creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativities — the state or quality of being creative.
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- credit sales — sales for which the customer does not need to pay immediately
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crematoriums — Plural form of crematorium.
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- crenellation — to furnish with crenels or battlements.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- cricket ball — the ball used to play cricket
- criminal law — the body of law dealing with the constitution of offences and the punishment of offenders
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- criminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criminalize.
- criminalness — (rare, dated) The state or quality of being criminal.