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11-letter words containing i, c, s

  • crime scene — A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
  • crime sheet — a record of an individual's offences against regulations
  • crime spree — a series of crimes committed in quick succession
  • crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
  • crimebuster — (chiefly, US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
  • criminalese — the jargon of criminals
  • criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
  • criminalist — a person who collects and analyses forensic evidence from the scene of a crime
  • crinigerous — having hair; hairy
  • crinkliness — The state or quality of being crinkly.
  • crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
  • criss-cross — If a person or thing criss-crosses an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things criss-cross an area, they cross it, and cross over each other.
  • criticaster — a lowly or petty critic
  • criticising — to censure or find fault with.
  • crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
  • cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
  • cross hairs — crossed lines, as of fine hair or cobweb, mounted in the optical system of a telescopic gun sight, surveyor's level, etc., to assist in precise aiming or centering of the instrument
  • cross ratio — a ratio relating four points in the real or complex plane.
  • cross river — a state of SE Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Calabar. Pop: 2 888 966 (2006). Area: 20 156 sq km (7782 sq miles)
  • cross wires — cross hair (def 1).
  • cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
  • cross-slide — the part of a lathe or planing machine on which the tool post is mounted and across which it slides at right angles to the bed of the lathe
  • cross-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
  • crosspieces — Plural form of crosspiece.
  • crowberries — Plural form of crowberry.
  • crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
  • crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
  • cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
  • cruise ship — A cruise ship is a large ship which takes people from place to place on a cruise holiday, and on which entertainment, food, and drink are provided.
  • crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
  • crunchiness — The state of being crunchy.
  • cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
  • cryophysics — a branch of physics in which phenomena are studied at low temperatures
  • crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
  • crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
  • crystalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystalize.
  • crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
  • crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
  • crystallise — to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
  • crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
  • crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
  • crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
  • cuckoo spit — a white frothy mass on the stems and leaves of many plants, produced by froghopper larvae (cuckoo spit insects), which feed on the plant juices
  • cuckoo-spit — Also called frog spit. a frothy secretion found on plants, exuded by the young of certain insects, as the froghoppers, and serving as a protective covering.
  • cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
  • cudgellings — beatings with a cudgel
  • cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.
  • culmicolous — (of a fungus) growing on grass culms.
  • culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
  • cultishness — the quality of being cultish
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