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12-letter words containing e, n, a, c

  • crackbrained — insane, idiotic, or crazy
  • craft centre — a large shop that sells craftwork
  • craftsperson — an artisan
  • crane driver — a person who drives a crane
  • craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
  • craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
  • crank letter — a hostile or fanatical letter, often sent anonymously.
  • crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
  • crassamentum — a blood clot
  • crassulacean — as in crassulacean acid metabolism, a method of photosynthesis
  • crater mound — huge, circular depression in central Ariz., believed to have been made by a meteorite: depth, 600 ft (183 m); diameter, 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
  • crawler lane — a lane on an uphill section of a motorway reserved for slow vehicles
  • crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
  • creationists — Plural form of creationist.
  • creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
  • credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
  • cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
  • crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
  • crenellation — to furnish with crenels or battlements.
  • crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
  • creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
  • crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
  • criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
  • criminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criminalize.
  • criminalness — (rare, dated) The state or quality of being criminal.
  • crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
  • criticalness — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
  • croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
  • cross-garnet — a hinge with a long horizontal strap fixed to the face of a door and a short vertical leaf fixed to the door frame
  • crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
  • crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
  • crown estate — the property owned by the British Crown; state-owned property
  • crowned head — a monarch
  • cryptanalyze — to study (a cryptogram) for the purpose of discovering the clear meaning; break (a code, cipher, etc.).
  • cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
  • culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
  • curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
  • currency bar — a long narrow iron bar, often sword-like or spear-like in shape, dating from the pre-Roman and Roman period in Britain; the purpose of currency bars is not certain, and while they may have been used in trade, they may have had a ritual significance
  • curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
  • curtain line — the last line of a scene, act, etc., as in a play; tag line.
  • curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
  • curtain time — the time at which a play or other performance is scheduled to begin.
  • cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
  • cyanogenetic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
  • cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
  • cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
  • cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
  • cybernetical — of or relating to cybernetics
  • cyclandelate — a medicine for relaxing smooth muscle and encouraging blood cell dilation
  • cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
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