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11-letter words containing c, r, e, n

  • french cuff — a double cuff formed by folding back a wide band at the end of a sleeve, usually fastened by a cuff link.
  • french door — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • french fact — (in Canada) the presence of French Canada as a distinct cultural force within the Confederation
  • french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
  • french foot — Also called knurl toe, scroll foot, whorl foot. a foot of the mid-18th century having the form of a scroll, continuing the leg downward and outward, supported by a shoe.
  • french harp — harmonica (def 1).
  • french heel — a high, curved heel, characterized by a heel breast curving into a shank, used on women's shoes.
  • french horn — a musical brass wind instrument with a long, coiled tube having a conical bore and a flaring bell.
  • french kiss — kiss with tongues
  • french knot — an ornamental stitch made by looping the thread three or four times around the needle before putting it into the fabric
  • french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
  • french navy — a dark dull navy blue
  • french roll — a circular or oval bread roll having a hard or crispy crust.
  • french roof — a mansard roof the sides of which are nearly perpendicular.
  • french rose — Provence rose.
  • french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
  • french-kiss — soul kiss.
  • frenchified — Simple past tense and past participle of frenchify.
  • frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
  • freneticism — the state or quality of being frenetic
  • frequencies — Plural form of frequency.
  • frondescent — Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
  • front bench — (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit.
  • funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
  • furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
  • furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
  • gamechanger — A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
  • garbage can — a container, usually of metal or plastic, for the disposal of waste matter, especially kitchen refuse.
  • garçonnière — a bachelor's apartment or quarters
  • garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
  • genderlects — a type or style of speech used by a particular gender.
  • generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • genericness — The state or condition of being generic.
  • genocidaire — a person who is guilty of genocide
  • geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
  • gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
  • gerontocrat — A member of a gerontocracy; an aged leader, especially one clinging on to power or ruling only by virtue of age.
  • glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
  • glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
  • glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • gnatcatcher — any tiny insect-eating, New World warbler of the genus Polioptila, having a long, mobile tail and a slender bill.
  • godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
  • goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
  • goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
  • gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
  • grand-scale — of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.: grand-scale efforts; a grand-scale approach.
  • grandnieces — Plural form of grandniece.
  • granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
  • granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
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