11-letter words containing g, c, r
- cramponning — climbing using crampons
- craniognomy — the scientific study of the shape and characteristics of the skull
- craniograph — an instrument that outlines the skull.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crapehanger — a gloomy person; a pessimist
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crepehanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- crepitating — Present participle of crepitate.
- crescograph — an instrument for measuring plant growth
- crib-biting — a harmful habit of horses in which the animal leans on the manger or seizes it with the teeth and swallows a gulp of air
- criminology — Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminals.
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- cripplingly — Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs. an animal that is similarly disabled; a lame animal. Offensive. a person who is disabled or impaired in any way: a mental cripple.
- criticising — to censure or find fault with.
- criticizing — Present participle of criticize.
- crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- croquignole — a small crisp cake
- crosslegged — Alternative spelling of cross-legged.
- crown agent — a member of a board appointed by the Minister for Overseas Development to provide financial, commercial, and professional services for a number of overseas governments and international bodies
- crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
- crown graft — a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock
- crown green — a type of bowling green in which the sides are lower than the middle
- cryobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of the effects of very low temperatures on organisms
- cryogenized — treated with or stored in a cryogen.
- cryosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in cryosurgery
- cryosurgery — surgery involving the local destruction of tissues by quick freezing for therapeutic benefit
- cryptogamic — Of, relating to, or denoting cryptogams.
- cryptogenic — (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- cryptologic — cryptography.
- crystallog. — crystallography
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- culturology — a branch of anthropology concerned with the study of cultural institutions as distinct from the people who are involved in them.
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- cut through — to penetrate or go through by cutting
- cutty grass — a species of sedge, Cyperus ustulatus, of New Zealand with sharp leaves
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- danger cave — a deep, stratified site in the eastern Great Basin, in Utah, occupied by Amerindian cultures from at least 7000 b.c. to historic times.
- decentering — to put out of center.
- deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
- deck bridge — a bridge with an upper horizontal beam that carries the roadway
- demarcating — Present participle of demarcate.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.