12-letter words containing c, r, o, i, s
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- crucifixions — Plural form of crucifixion.
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.
- desaparecido — one who has disappeared: used, especially in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- dichromatism — the quality or condition of being dichromatic
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- dictionaries — Plural form of dictionary.
- dictionarist — (rare) a person who creates dictionaries.
- directorates — Plural form of directorate.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- disaccordant — not agreeing
- discarnation — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discolorated — Simple past tense and past participle of discolorate.
- discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
- discomforted — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
- disconcerted — disturbed, as in one's composure or self-possession; perturbed; ruffled: She was disconcerted by the sudden attack on her integrity.