11-letter words containing c, i, t, r, o, n
- craniometry — the study and measurement of skulls
- creationary — Of or relating to creation.
- 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.
- credit note — A credit note is a piece of paper that a shop gives you when you return goods that you have bought from it. It states that you are entitled to take goods of the same value without paying for them.
- crenelation — Alternative form of crenellation.
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- crimination — An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination.
- criminatory — Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
- crinkleroot — any of several species of the toothwort Dentaria, esp D. diphylla of E North America, which has a fleshy pungent rhizome and clusters of white or pinkish flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- cross-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
- crown point — town in NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain: site of a fort important in the French and Indian & the Revolutionary wars: pop. 2,100
- cryokinetic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of cryokinesis.
- cryptobiont — any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis
- cryptogenic — (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cyprinodont — any small tropical or subtropical soft-finned fish of the mostly marine family Cyprinodontidae, resembling carp but having toothed jaws. The group includes the guppy, killifish, swordtail, and topminnow
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- dereliction — If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- detractions — Plural form of detraction.
- diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
- dioxonitric — as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid
- directional — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- discerption — The action of pulling something apart.
- disconcerts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disconcert.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discreation — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- discretions — Plural form of discretion.
- distraction — the act of distracting.
- distriction — (obsolete) Sudden display; flash; glitter.
- divorcement — divorce; separation.
- doctrinaire — a person who tries to apply some doctrine or theory without sufficient regard for practical considerations; an impractical theorist.
- doctrinally — of, relating to, or concerned with doctrine: a doctrinal dispute.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.