11-letter words containing c, l, a, i, r, s
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- oscillators — Plural form of oscillator.
- oscillatory — characterized by or involving oscillation.
- oscillogram — the record produced by the action of an oscillograph or oscilloscope.
- parasitical — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- peristaltic — of, relating to, or resembling peristalsis.
- pharisaical — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- plastic art — an art, as sculpture, in which forms are carved or modeled.
- plasticizer — any of a group of substances that are used in plastics or other materials to impart viscosity, flexibility, softness, or other properties to the finished product.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- racialistic — Of or pertaining to racism or racists.
- radicalised — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- radicalness — of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
- radicellose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radiculitis — inflammation of a spinal nerve root.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- ratio scale — a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of differences of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. The distances travelled by a projectile, for instance, are measured on a ratio scale since it makes sense to talk of one projectile travelling twice as far as another
- recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
- receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
- recessional — of or relating to a recession of the clergy and choir after the service.
- rectiserial — arranged in straight rows
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- resin canal — a tubular, intercellular opening containing resin, often found in the wood and needles of gymnosperms
- resin-canal — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- ritualistic — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrificial — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- saint clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- sarcastical — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- satirically — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- scarlatinal — scarlet fever.
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond