11-letter words containing c, r, a, e
- air chamber — a compartment in a device or structure that is filled with air
- air cleaner — a filter that prevents dust and other particles from entering the air-intake of an internal-combustion engine
- air current — a mass of air moving from one area to another
- air officer — a term used to denote the appointment of any officer in the Royal Air Force above the rank of Air Commodore to a position of command
- air service — the services performed by an airline, as flights between various destinations to transport passengers, freight, and mail.
- air vesicle — a large air-filled intercellular space in some aquatic plants
- aircraftmen — Plural form of aircraftman.
- airsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the aircraft in which one is traveling.
- album cover — the front of the outer packaging of a record album, usually decorated and showing its title and the name of the artist
- aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
- allegorical — An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
- allen screw — a screw that has a hexagonal cross section in the head, designed to be turned using an Allen key
- allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
- allocheiria — a medical condition in which sensation is felt at a different point on the body from that stimulated
- alt.sources — (messaging, programming) A Usenet newsgroup for posting program source code.
- altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- altercative — relating to altercation
- amelanchier — A tree or shrub of a genus that includes the juneberries.
- amen corner — in some rural Protestant churches, the seats to the minister's right, once occupied by those leading the responsive amens
- amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
- americanism — An Americanism is an expression that is typical of people living in the United States of America.
- americanist — a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages
- americanize — to make or become American in outlook, attitudes, etc
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- anachronize — To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
- anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
- ancestrally — Pertaining to ancestry.
- anchor bell — a bell rung in foggy weather by a vessel at anchor.
- anchor deck — a small forecastle housing the machinery for operating the anchors of a ship.
- anchorwomen — Plural form of anchorwoman.
- ancillaries — subordinate; subsidiary.
- anemochores — Plural form of anemochore.
- anisocercal — (of fish) having unequal tail-fin lobes
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- answerbacks — Plural form of answerback.
- antechamber — An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anthochlore — a yellow pigment found in flowers
- anthracnose — any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- anticruelty — the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
- anticulture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- antinuclear — opposed to nuclear weapons
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever