11-letter words containing c, i, r, a, t, e
- creationism — Creationism is the belief that the account of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and that the theory of evolution is incorrect.
- creationist — A creationist is someone who believes that the story of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and who rejects the theory of evolution.
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- credit card — A credit card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit. Compare charge card.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crenelation — Alternative form of crenellation.
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- crepitating — Present participle of crepitate.
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- cricket bat — a specially shaped, carved wooden bat used to play cricket
- criminative — involving crimination; accusatory.
- criticaster — a lowly or petty critic
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- crystalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystalize.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- crystallise — to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
- crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
- crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- deactivator — Any device used to deactivate something.
- death chair — electric chair.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decartelize — to break up (a cartel)
- decemvirate — a board of decemvirs
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declarative — making a statement or assertion
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decorticate — to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- defeaticrat — a member or supporter of the Democratic Party, echoing the belief among many opponents that it promoted a defeatist attitude to the situation in Iraq following the US-led invasion of 2003
- demarcating — Present participle of demarcate.