11-letter words containing c, u, r, e, a
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucocratic — (of a rock) composed mainly of light-colored minerals.
- leucodermia — leucoderma
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico
- lucid dream — a dream in which the dreamer is aware that he or she is dreaming and can sometimes influence the course of the dream
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lunar cycle — Metonic cycle.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- maceranduba — the milk tree, native to Brazil
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- macronuclei — Plural form of macronucleus.
- main course — Nautical. a square mainsail.
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- marcellinus — Saint, died a.d. 304, pope 296–304.
- marcellus i — Saint, died a.d. 309, pope 308–309.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- marie curie — Irène [French ee-ren] /French iˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Joliot-Curie, Irène.
- matriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
- mercury arc — a bluish-green electric arc that has passed through a mercury-vapor cathode.
- mesocardium — the double layer of splanchnic mesoderm supporting the embryonic heart.
- metaculture — All the universal concepts that are present in all cultures.
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- mononuclear — Also, mononucleate. Cell Biology. having only one nucleus.
- murder case — a murder that is being investigated by the police, or tried in court
- muscle mary — a homosexual man who practises bodybuilding
- musculature — the muscular system of the body or of its parts.
- music paper — paper ruled or printed with a stave for writing music
- mussel crab — a pea crab, Pinnotheres maculatus, the female of which lives as a commensal within the mantle cavity of mussels.
- narcissuses — Plural form of narcissus.
- natriuretic — excretion of sodium in the urine.
- net curtain — Net curtains are curtains made of thin cloth that people hang across their windows to stop people outside seeing into their houses in the daytime.
- neural arch — a bony or cartilaginous arch resting on the chief part of each vertebra and forming a tunnel through which the nerve cord passes
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.