11-letter words containing c, r, a, n, e, s
- resistencia — a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- resuscitant — a person or thing that resuscitates
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- romanticise — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sacramental — of, relating to, or of the nature of a sacrament, especially the sacrament of the Eucharist.
- sacred nine — the Muses.
- sanctioneer — a person who advocates the imposition of sanctions
- sanctuarize — to give sanctuary to
- sandculture — the hydroponic cultivation of plants in sand.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
- sarus crane — a large, gray crane, Grus antigone, of Asia, having a naked, red head.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- scaremonger — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
- scatter-gun — a shotgun
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- scorpaenoid — resembling or related to the family Scorpaenidae.
- scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
- scrappiness — made up of scraps or of odds and ends; fragmentary; disconnected.
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- screen name — a unique sequence of characters that a person chooses to use for identification purposes when interacting with others online, as in computer games, instant messaging, or forums.
- screen pass — a pass thrown to a receiver who is directly in back of a wall of blockers and who is behind or not far beyond the line of scrimmage.
- screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
- screencraft — the skills and talent involved in writing or making a movie
- screensaver — a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretional — of or relating to secretion
- sedan chair — an enclosed vehicle for one person, borne on poles by two bearers and common during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- sennacherib — died 681 b.c, king of Assyria 705–681.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shortchange — to give less than the correct change to.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin-search — strip-search.
- snap course — an academic course that can be passed with a minimum of effort.
- snapperback — the center on the offensive team.
- sonderclass — a special class of small racing yachts, restricted as to size, sail area, cost, etc.
- spacefaring — space travel
- square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- stem canker — a disease of plants characterized by cankers on the stems and twigs and caused by any of several fungi.
- stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases