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12-letter words containing c, a, n, e, r

  • centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
  • center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
  • center stage — If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable.
  • centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
  • central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
  • central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
  • central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
  • central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
  • central-fire — center-fire.
  • centralising — Present participle of centralise.
  • centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
  • centre stage — If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
  • centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
  • centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
  • centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
  • centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
  • ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
  • cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
  • cerebrotonia — a personality type characterized by restraint, alertness, and an intellectual approach to life: said to be correlated with an ectomorph body type
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cerinic acid — cerotic acid.
  • cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
  • chances are… — it is likely (that)…
  • chandeliered — having a chandelier
  • change color — to become pale
  • change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
  • change purse — A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.
  • change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
  • change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • changearound — the act of changing to a different position
  • channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
  • chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
  • chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
  • chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
  • charge nurse — A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward.
  • charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
  • charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
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