11-letter words containing c, r, i, n, t, e
- secure unit — A secure unit is a building or part of a building where dangerous prisoners or violent psychiatric patients are kept.
- serpentinic — of, relating to, or containing the mineral serpentine
- sightscreen — a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.
- sincerities — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
- 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.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
- snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
- starchiness — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- stenocardia — angina pectoris, a contraction of the heart or its vessels due to a lack of oxygen, causing severe chest pain
- stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
- stringpiece — a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- surgicenter — a surgical facility, not based in a hospital, where minor surgery is performed on an outpatient basis.
- synergistic — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- taxi dancer — a girl or woman employed, as by a dance hall, to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance or for a set period of time.
- technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
- tectibranch — a mollusc of the suborder Tectibranchia (or Tectibranchiata) (order: Opisthobranchia) which includes the sea slugs and sea hares
- telocentric — of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric (def 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def 2).
- tent circus — a circus performed in tents rather than in an arena.
- teratogenic — a drug or other substance capable of interfering with the development of a fetus, causing birth defects.
- the cornish — the natives or inhabitants of Cornwall
- the curtain — the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
- theocentric — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
- thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
- thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
- thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
- tichorrhine — an extinct woolly rhinoceros with a bony nasal septum
- ticonderoga — a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.
- tischendorf — Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von [loh-buh-gawt free-drikh kawn-stahn-teen fuh n] /ˈloʊ bəˌgɔt ˈfri drɪx ˌkɔn stɑnˈtin fən/ (Show IPA), 1815–74, German Biblical critic.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- tonic water — drink: carbonated water
- topocentric — as seen from, with reference to, or coordinating to a point on the surface of the earth
- trachearian — of or relating to the Trachearia, which is a division of arachnids that breathe through the trachea
- tracheation — the arrangement of tracheae in insects and other arthropods.
- train wreck — an accident in which a train or trains are severely damaged.
- transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
- transcriber — to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
- transecting — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transection — to cut across; dissect transversely.
- transgenics — (used with a singular verb) the branch of biology concerned with the transfer of genes to other species.
- transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.
- trichinella — a parasitic roundworm of the genus Trichinella
- trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- tricone bit — A tricone bit is a drill bit with a head that is divided into three main parts.
- tricornered — having three corners; tricorn.
- trincomalee — a seaport in E Sri Lanka.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- tumorigenic — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
- tyrannicide — the act of killing a tyrant.