12-letter words containing i, l, r
- criticalness — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- criticisable — Alternative form of criticizable.
- criticizable — to censure or find fault with.
- crocodilians — Plural form of crocodilian.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallites — Plural form of crystallite.
- crystallitis — the formation of a crystallite or crystallites
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystallizer — A crystallizer is a vessel or stage in which a crystal grows from a liquid.
- crystallizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystallize.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- cuir-bouilli — a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century
- culturalized — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curliewurlie — an extremely curled or twisted object or ornament
- curling iron — A curling iron is a metal device, resembling scissors, that you heat and use to form curls in your hair.
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curtain call — In a theatre, when actors or performers take a curtain call, they come forward to the front of the stage after a performance in order to receive the applause of the audience.
- 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 rail — a rail from which a curtain is hung
- curtain wall — a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated
- curule chair — an upholstered folding seat with curved legs used by the highest civil officials of ancient Rome
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybernetical — of or relating to cybernetics
- cyberreality — A reality created in cyberspace.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cylindricity — the state or quality of being cylindrical
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.