12-letter words containing c, a, t, e, r, n
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- christianise — to make Christian.
- christianite — (mineral) alternative name of phillipsite.
- christianize — to make Christian or convert to Christianity
- chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
- circumjacent — surrounding; lying around
- circumnutate — to rotate slightly on a central axis
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- coacervation — a reversible, emulsoid stage existing between the sol and gel formations, in which the addition of a third substance causes the separation of the sol into two immiscible liquid phases: an essential stage in the formation of proteins, antibodies, etc.
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- coelenterata — the phylum comprising the coelenterates.
- coelenterate — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- commensurate — If the level of one thing is commensurate with another, the first level is in proportion to the second.
- commentarial — a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
- commentariat — the journalists and broadcasters who analyse and comment on current affairs
- commentaries — Plural form of commentary.
- commentators — Plural form of commentator.
- compartments — Plural form of compartment.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- concamerated — Simple past tense and past participle of concamerate.
- concatenator — to link together; unite in a series or chain.
- concelebrant — each of the priests celebrating the Eucharist or Mass jointly
- concelebrate — to celebrate (the Eucharist or Mass) jointly with one or more other priests
- concentrated — A concentrated liquid has been increased in strength by having water removed from it.
- concentrates — Plural form of concentrate.
- concentrator — to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus: to concentrate one's attention on a problem; to concentrate the rays of the sun with a lens.
- concentrical — concentric