11-letter words containing c, u, s, e
- chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
- cheque stub — the part of a cheque that is retained as a record of its purpose
- chequerwise — in the manner of a chequerboard
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chili sauce — a spiced sauce of chopped tomatoes, green and red sweet peppers, onions, etc.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
- chukchi sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, north of the Bering Strait between Asia and North America
- churchgoers — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- cineritious — See cinereous.
- cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
- circuitries — Plural form of circuitry.
- circularise — (British) alternative spelling of circularize.
- circumcised — (of an man) Having had the foreskin of the penis excised.
- circumciser — to remove the prepuce of (a male), especially as a religious rite.
- circumcises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumcise.
- circumfused — Simple past tense and past participle of circumfuse.
- circumfuses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumfuse.
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clean house — to clean and put a home in order
- close quote — (used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation.)
- close round — to encircle; surround
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- closed rule — a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.
- closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
- cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
- cloudlessly — Without clouds.
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- cluster cup — aecium.
- cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
- cluster leg — a leg having the form of a cluster of columns or shafts.
- cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
- coach house — a building in which a coach is kept
- cocciferous — (of a plant) bearing berries
- cocksuckers — (vulgar) Plural form of cocksucker.
- coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- coffeehouse — an establishment that sells coffee and usually other refreshments and that commonly serves as an informal club for its regular customers
- coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- collusively — in a collusive manner