11-letter words containing c, s, r
- contradicts — Deny the truth of (a statement), esp. by asserting the opposite.
- contraflows — Plural form of contraflow.
- contrapasso — The concept that the punishment of an individual's soul in Hell corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth.
- contrarians — Plural form of contrarian.
- contrarious — (of people or animals) perverse or obstinate
- contrasting — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- contrastive — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contravenes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene.
- contrecoups — Plural form of contrecoup.
- contredanse — a courtly Continental version of the English country dance, similar to the quadrille
- contretemps — A contretemps is a small disagreement that is rather embarrassing.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- contrivings — Plural form of contriving.
- control bus — (architecture) In a digital computer, the signal paths that carry commands from the instruction decode logic to various different functional units such as the ALU, memory address register, memory data register and other buffers. Named by analogy with the address bus and data bus, each of which carries a set of related signals, the signals carried by the control bus are more independent. Some might include other signals such as timing (clock) and status under the term, further reducing its similarity to other busses.
- controllers — Plural form of controller.
- controlless — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controverse — a controversy
- controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
- convergents — Plural form of convergent.
- conversable — easy or pleasant to talk to
- conversance — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- conversancy — The condition of being conversant.
- conversated — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conversates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conversate.
- conversions — Plural form of conversion.
- cook strait — the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)
- cook's tour — a rapid but extensive tour or survey of anything
- coon rapids — a city in E Minnesota.
- cooperstown — a town in central New York: location of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
- coordinates — clothes of matching or harmonious colours and design, suitable for wearing together
- copolyester — A polyester that has been modified by the addition of other chemicals.
- copper iris — an iris, Iris fulva, found from the Gulf Coast to southern Illinois, having copper-colored or reddish-brown flowers.
- copper loss — Copper loss is loss occurring in a conductor due to the flow of current, when conductors were traditionally made of copper.
- copper spot — a disease of grasses characterized by coppery or orange spore masses covering the blades, caused by a fungus, Gloeocercospora sorghi.
- copperheads — Plural form of copperhead.
- coppersmith — a person who works copper or copper alloys
- coprocessor — a microprocessor circuit that operates alongside and supplements the capabilities of the main processor, providing, for example, high-speed arithmetic
- coprosterol — a compound, C27H47OH, that is present in faeces and is formed by the reduction of cholesterol by intestinal bacteria
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical
- copyeditors — Plural form of copyeditor.
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- copyreaders — Plural form of copyreader.
- copywriters — Plural form of copywriter.
- cor anglais — a woodwind instrument, the alto of the oboe family. It is a transposing instrument in F. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from E on the third space of the bass staff
- coral bells — a perennial, ornamental alumroot (Heuchera sanguinea) native to SW North America, with racemes of drooping pink or white flowers
- coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
- coram nobis — a writ to correct an injury caused by a mistake of the court.
- corbie-step — any of a set of steps on the top of a gable
- corbynomics — the economic policies advocated by Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK Labour Party from 2015