11-letter words containing c, r, i, s
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- callicrates — 5th century bc, Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- canis major — a constellation in the S hemisphere close to Orion, containing Sirius, the brightest star in the sky
- canis minor — a small constellation in the N hemisphere close to Orion, containing the first magnitude star Procyon
- canisterise — to put into canisters
- canisterize — to put into canisters
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- capillaries — pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
- capri pants — women's tight-fitting trousers
- capricciosa — A pizza garnished with mushrooms, artichokes, ham and olives.
- capriccioso — to be played in a free and lively style
- capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- carabineers — Plural form of carabineer.
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- caramelizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caramelize.
- carbon sink — areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels
- carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
- cardiograms — Plural form of cardiogram.
- cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- caressively — caressingly
- caricatures — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- carillonist — a carillonneur
- carjackings — Plural form of carjacking.
- carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carniferous — bearing flesh.
- carnivorism — flesh-eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal.
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- caro's acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- carsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- cartoonists — Plural form of cartoonist.
- cartularies — Plural form of cartulary.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- casimir iii — known as the Great. 1310–70, king of Poland (1333–70)
- cassia bark — the cinnamon-like bark of this tree, used as a spice
- cassiodorus — Flavius Magnus Aurelius (ˈfleɪvɪəs ˈmæɡnəs ɔːˈriːlɪəs). ?490–?585 ad, Roman statesman, writer, and monk; author of Variae, a collection of official documents written for the Ostrogoths