11-letter words containing c, a, l, u, r
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- cross vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- cruciverbal — of or relating to crosswords
- 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
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- curialistic — of or relating to curialism or curialists
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- 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.
- curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
- curvilinear — consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- diurnal arc — the portion of the diurnal circle that is above the horizon at a given point.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- dracunculus — A fish, the dragonet.
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- edulcorated — Simple past tense and past participle of edulcorate.
- edulcorator — a device that supplies small quantities of a liquid to a mixture
- ejaculatory — Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
- electuaries — Plural form of electuary.
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
- emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
- emparlaunce — an act of parleying or conferring
- enculturate — (transitive) To subject to enculturation.
- equicaloric — equal in terms of calories
- eubacterial — (biology) Of or pertaining to the Eubacteria.
- exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
- executorial — Of or pertaining to an executive (branch of government etc.).
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flocculator — to form into flocculent masses.
- forficulate — resembling scissors
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.