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11-letter words containing e, y, r

  • cafe royale — black coffee, to which cognac, lemon peel, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon have been added.
  • calefactory — giving warmth
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • canary seed — birdseed.
  • cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
  • car journey — a trip or voyage made by automobile
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
  • carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
  • caressively — caressingly
  • carriageway — A carriageway is one side of a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a barrier.
  • carry trade — a speculative transaction in which a trader buys the currency of a country with a high rate of interest and sells the currency of a country with a low rate of interest
  • caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
  • casselberry — a city in central Florida.
  • cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
  • cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
  • celery pine — a New Zealand gymnosperm tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with celerylike shoots and useful wood: family Phyllocladaceae
  • celery salt — a seasoning made of salt and ground celery seed
  • cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
  • cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
  • certifiably — capable of being certified.
  • chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
  • chancellery — A chancellery is the building where a chancellor has his offices.
  • chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
  • charityware — careware
  • charmlessly — in a charmless manner
  • cheerlessly — In a cheerless manner.
  • chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
  • cherry bomb — a powerful firecracker that is shaped like a cherry
  • cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
  • cherry hill — city in SW N.J., east of Camden: pop. 70,000
  • cherry plum — a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit
  • cherry-pick — If someone cherry-picks people or things, they choose the best ones from a group of them, often in a way that other people consider unfair.
  • cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
  • chessplayer — a player of chess
  • chicken-fry — to dip (meat, vegetables, etc.) in batter and fry, usually in deep fat: chicken-fried steak.
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
  • chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
  • chokecherry — any of several North American species of cherry, esp Prunus virginiana, having very astringent dark red or black fruit
  • chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
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