11-letter words containing c, o, u, r, s
- infructuose — Not yielding fruit.
- infructuous — (Pakistan and India only; of a project etc) not fruitful.
- instruction — machine instruction
- instructors — Plural form of instructor.
- insurrectos — Plural form of insurrecto.
- intercourse — dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
- introducers — Plural form of introducer.
- isoceraunic — representing, having, or indicating equality in the frequency or intensity of thunderstorms: isoceraunic line; isoceraunic map.
- isochronous — isochronal.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jocoserious — Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
- juan carlos — King (Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor María de Borbón y Borbón) born 1938, Spanish monarch, born in Italy: king since 1975.
- justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- locust bird — any of various pratincoles, esp Glareola nordmanni (black-winged pratincole), that feed on locusts
- loose scrum — a play in which a bunch of players gather around an opponent's dropped ball and then attempt to gain possession of the ball.
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- lumbosacral — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- microbursts — Plural form of microburst.
- micrococcus — any spherical bacterium of the genus Micrococcus, occurring in irregular masses, many species of which are pigmented and are saprophytic or parasitic.
- microcuries — Plural form of microcurie.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- microporous — composed of or having extremely small pores.
- microquasar — (astronomy, stars) A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
- microvillus — any of the small, fingerlike projections of the surface of an epithelial cell.
- mini-course — a brief intensive course of study
- minicourses — Plural form of minicourse.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- muscatorium — a flabellum or fan, esp the ceremonial fan carried before the pope
- music lover — sb who enjoys listening to music
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- nicostratus — a son of Menelaus and Helen who, with his illegitimate brother Megapenthes, expelled Helen from Sparta when Menelaus died.
- non-closure — the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- non-cursive — (of handwriting) in flowing strokes with the letters joined together.