11-letter words containing e, r, i, o, s
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
- cholesteric — resulting from the reaction of nitric acid and cholesterin and producing cholesterates
- cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chroniclers — Plural form of chronicler.
- chrysoidine — a red-brown or greenish-black, crystalline solid, C 12 H 13 N 4 Cl, that yields orange colors in aqueous or alcohol solution: used chiefly in dyeing cotton and silk.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- cigar store — a retail store specializing in tobacco products, as cigars and cigarettes.
- cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
- cineritious — See cinereous.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
- cliometrics — the study of economic history using statistics and computer analysis
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- coarse fish — a freshwater fish that is not a member of the salmon family
- coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
- cocciferous — (of a plant) bearing berries
- cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
- codirectors — Plural form of codirector.
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- 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
- color-slide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- comic verse — amusing verse
- comisserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commercials — Plural form of commercial.
- commiserate — If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them.
- commissaire — (in professional cycle racing) a referee who travels in an open-topped car with the riders to witness any infringement of the rules
- commissures — Plural form of commissure.
- competitors — a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- compressing — Present participle of compress.
- compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
- compressive — compressing or having the power or capacity to compress
- comprisable — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- compromised — unable to function optimally, especially with regard to immune response, owing to underlying disease, harmful environmental exposure, or the side effects of a course of treatment.
- compromiser — a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
- compromises — Plural form of compromise.
- computerise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerize.
- computerist — a computer user
- comraderies — camaraderie.
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- concertinas — Plural form of concertina.