11-letter words containing c, u, r, e, t
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lecturelike — Resembling a lecture or some aspect of one.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- leucocratic — (of a rock) composed mainly of light-colored minerals.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- lower court — any court other than the highest court in a jurisdiction
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- mariculture — marine aquaculture.
- matriculate — to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- 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.
- microtubule — a hollow cylindrical structure in the cytoplasm of most cells, involved in intracellular shape and transport.
- misconstrue — to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- monoculture — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mucoprotein — a protein that yields carbohydrates as well as amino acids on hydrolysis.
- multicenter — (medicine, of a study) Taking place at multiple locations.
- multicentre — Of or pertaining to multiple centres.
- multichrome — chromium.
- multicourse — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- multiscreen — Having multiple screens.
- multisource — Employing multiple sources.
- musculature — the muscular system of the body or of its parts.
- 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.
- neuroactive — affecting or interacting directly with the nervous system
- neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neuroticism — the state of having traits or symptoms characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotropic — having an affinity for nerve cells or tissue: a neurotropic virus; a neurotropic drug.
- neutropenic — Having neutropenia.
- new country — a style of country music that emerged in the late 1980s characterized by a more contemporary sound and down-to-earth rather than sentimental lyrics
- non-current — passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing: the current month.
- noncomputer — Not of or pertaining to computers.
- noncustomer — a person who is not the customer of a particular establishment, or a person who does not buy a product or service
- nut-cracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- obscurement — The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured.