12-letter words containing c, r, o, e, s
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celtic cross — a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- centrosphere — the portion of the centrosome surrounding the centriole; center of an aster
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- cerebrosides — Plural form of cerebroside.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
- chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chaos theory — a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order
- chapter stop — any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
- chatterboxes — Plural form of chatterbox.
- cheese board — A cheese board is a board from which cheese is served at a meal.
- cheeseboards — Plural form of cheeseboard.
- cheesehopper — the larva of the cheese-fly, capable of a leaping movement using two claw-like mandibles which it also uses for digging
- cheesemonger — a person dealing in cheese, butter, etc
- chemosensory — sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- cherrystones — Plural form of cherrystone.
- chicharrones — A Hispanic dish; made of fried pork rinds.
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- choir-screen — a partition or a screen in a church that acts as a divide between the choir and the aisles
- choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
- chokeberries — Plural form of chokeberry.
- cholericness — The state or quality of being choleric.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chook chaser — a small motorcycle, esp for off-road use
- chordophones — Plural form of chordophone.