11-letter words containing c, l, a, r, s
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- processable — capable of being processed.
- proconsular — Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- provascular — of or relating to procambium
- purchasable — capable of being bought.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- 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
- re-escalate — to escalate again
- recalescent — a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
- 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
- recyclables — objects that are able to be processed and used again
- relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
- resemblance — the state or fact of resembling; similarity.
- 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.
- respectable — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- 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.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- rumbustical — rumbustious
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacrificial — pertaining to or concerned with sacrifice.
- sacrocostal — relating to the sacrum and the ribs
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- saint clair — Arthur, 1736–1818, American Revolutionary War general, born in Scotland: 1st governor of the Northwest Territory, 1787–1802.
- salad cream — Salad cream is a pale-yellow creamy sauce that you eat with salad.
- sales clerk — shop assistant
- sales force — team of salespeople
- salt cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- salt-cellar — a shaker or dish for salt.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler