11-letter words containing c, e, r, y
- chessplayer — a player of chess
- chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- chokecherry — any of several North American species of cherry, esp Prunus virginiana, having very astringent dark red or black fruit
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysalises — Plural form of chrysalis.
- chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
- chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
- chuck-berry — Charles Edward Anderson ("Chuck") born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- circinately — In a circinate fashion.
- city center — The city center is the busiest part of a city, where most of the shops and businesses are.
- city centre — The city centre is the busiest part of a city, where most of the shops and businesses are.
- city editor — The city editor of a newspaper is the editor who is in charge of local news.
- city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
- cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
- coffeeberry — an evergreen shrub, Rhamnus californica, of the buckthorn family, common in the western U.S., having small, greenish flowers and red fruit that turns black, grown as a bee plant.
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- college try — an enthusiastic attempt that utilizes all one's energy and resources
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- colorimetry — the analysis or measurement of color by means of a colorimeter
- colorlessly — In a colorless manner.
- combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
- common year — an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.
- competitory — competitive.
- componentry — the components of a machine, vehicle, stereo system, etc.
- comstockery — immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality
- concernancy — concernment
- concernedly — interested or affected: concerned citizens.
- concertedly — contrived or arranged by agreement; planned or devised together: a concerted effort.
- concurrency — multitasking
- confederacy — A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing.
- confirmedly — In a manner that is confirmed; definitely, as has been demonstrated.
- congruently — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
- conservancy — Conservancy is used in the names of organizations that work to preserve and protect the environment.
- contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement