11-letter words containing c, r, o, s
- crosslegged — Alternative spelling of cross-legged.
- crossmember — A transverse structural piece that adds support to a motor-vehicle chassis or other construction.
- crosspieces — Plural form of crosspiece.
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- crow's feet — Crow's feet are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- crow's nest — On a ship, the crow's nest is a small platform high up on the mast, where a person can go to look in all directions.
- crow's-foot — a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
- crow's-nest — Nautical. a platform or shelter for a lookout at or near the top of a mast.
- crowberries — Plural form of crowberry.
- crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
- crowdedness — The state or quality of being crowded.
- crowdsource — to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
- crown roast — a roast consisting of ribs of lamb or pork arranged in a crown shape
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- crowstepped — (of a gable) having crow steps
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
- crustaceous — forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
- cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
- cryophysics — a branch of physics in which phenomena are studied at low temperatures
- cryosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in cryosurgery
- cryosurgery — surgery involving the local destruction of tissues by quick freezing for therapeutic benefit
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- cryptoscopy — (dated) fluoroscopy.
- crystallog. — crystallography
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curiosities — Plural form of curiosity.
- curiousness — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cut corners — to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cyclo-cross — a form of cycle race held over rough ground
- cyclometers — Plural form of cyclometer.
- cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
- cyclosporin — a substance, synthesized by certain soil fungi, that suppresses the immune response by disabling helper T cells, used to minimize rejection of foreign tissue transplants.
- cyclostylar — (architecture) Of or pertaining to a cyclostyle (a circular group of columns without a core).
- cylindroids — Plural form of cylindroid.
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium