14-letter words containing c, r, o, s
- cross trainers — training shoes for doing cross training
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-addicted — addicted to two or more substances simultaneously.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-compiler — a compiler able to create executable code for a platform different from the one the compiler is run on
- cross-compound — (of a compound engine or turbine) having the high-pressure and low-pressure units side by side.
- cross-cultural — Cross-cultural means involving two or more different cultures.
- cross-dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-gartered — (in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
- cross-national — pertaining to or involving two or more nations.
- cross-platform — (software, hardware) A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
- cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
- cross-question — If you cross-question someone, you ask them a lot of questions about something.
- cross-reaction — an immunologic reaction between a given antigen and an antibody or lymphokine that is specific for a different antigen resembling the first one.
- crossbolt lock — a lock controlling two bolts moving in opposite directions, as to the top and bottom of a doorframe.
- crossed cheque — a cheque with two parallel lines on it, which is payable only into a bank account
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- crossreference — Alternative form of cross-reference.
- crosssectional — Misspelling of cross-sectional.
- crown princess — A Crown Princess is a princess who is the wife of a Crown Prince, or will be queen of her country when the present king or queen dies.
- cruise control — In a car or other vehicle, cruise control is a system that automatically keeps the vehicle's speed at the same level.
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
- cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
- cryptococcosis — a disease affecting both animals and humans caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptoporticus — a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
- cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
- cryptosporidia — Plural form of cryptosporidium.
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- crystal violet — a rosaniline dye, C25H30ClN3, used as an antiseptic, an indicator, and a bacterial stain in Gram's method
- crystalisation — Alternative spelling of crystallization.
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cuisenaire rod — one of a set of rods of various colours and lengths representing different numbers, used to teach arithmetic to young children
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- cuproscheelite — (mineral) A mineral (CuWO4) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- curiosity shop — a shop selling unusual items and curios
- curl one's lip — to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip
- current source — A current source is a source that maintains the current at a particular value almost independent of the load conditions.
- curvaceousness — the quality of having an attractively curved figure
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.