11-letter words containing c, i, s, e
- crested tit — a small European songbird, Parus cristatus, that has a greyish-brown plumage with a prominent speckled black-and-white crest: family Paridae (tits)
- crime scene — A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
- crime sheet — a record of an individual's offences against regulations
- crime spree — a series of crimes committed in quick succession
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crimebuster — (chiefly, US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- crinkliness — The state or quality of being crinkly.
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- criticaster — a lowly or petty critic
- crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
- cross river — a state of SE Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Calabar. Pop: 2 888 966 (2006). Area: 20 156 sq km (7782 sq miles)
- cross wires — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
- cross-slide — the part of a lathe or planing machine on which the tool post is mounted and across which it slides at right angles to the bed of the lathe
- crosspieces — Plural form of crosspiece.
- crowberries — Plural form of crowberry.
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- cruise ship — A cruise ship is a large ship which takes people from place to place on a cruise holiday, and on which entertainment, food, and drink are provided.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- crunchiness — The state of being crunchy.
- cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
- 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.
- cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
- cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cultishness — the quality of being cultish
- cunningness — skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- curiosities — Plural form of curiosity.
- curiousness — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cursiveness — the quality of being cursive
- cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- cushionless — without a cushion
- 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.