11-letter words containing c, e, r, i, m
- crunch time — the critical moment
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decemvirate — a board of decemvirs
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decumbiture — the act of lying recumbent and, in particular, as a sick patient in bed
- demarcating — Present participle of demarcate.
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- demarcative — (of a phonological feature) serving to indicate the beginning or end of each successive word in an utterance, as word-initial stress in Hungarian or penultimate stress in Polish.
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- democratize — If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- dermotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
- diametrical — of or along a diameter
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- direct mail — mail, usually consisting of advertising matter, appeals for donations, or the like, sent simultaneously to large numbers of possible individual customers or contributors. Abbreviation: DM.
- disc camera — a camera that accepts a film cartridge in the form of a rotatable disc with film frames mounted around the outer edge.
- discardment — the act or process of discarding
- discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- disclaimers — Plural form of disclaimer.
- disencumber — to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden.
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- eames chair — Also called LCM chair. a side chair designed by Charles Eames in 1946, having a slender tubular steel frame with a seat and back of molded plywood panels.
- 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.
- echinoderms — Plural form of echinoderm.
- eco-tourism — Eco-tourism is the business of providing holidays and related services which are not harmful to the environment of the area.
- ecocentrism — a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings.
- econometric — the application of statistical and mathematical techniques in solving problems as well as in testing and demonstrating theories.
- economizers — Plural form of economizer.
- ectomorphic — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectothermic — a cold-blooded animal.
- egocentrism — The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.
- elastomeric — Of, pertaining to, or containing elastomers.
- emancipator — A person who emancipates.
- embarcation — Alternative form of embarkation.
- embracingly — In an embracing manner.
- embrocating — Present participle of embrocate.
- embrocation — A liquid used for rubbing on the body to relieve pain from sprains and strains.
- embryologic — Embryological.