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11-letter words containing i, n, c, e, r

  • box cornice — a hollow cornice of boards and moldings nailed to rafters and lookouts.
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • brecciation — the fragmentation of rock
  • breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
  • bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
  • brochantite — a mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 4 (OH) 6 SO 4 , occurring in green fibrous masses and similar in physical properties to antlerite: formerly a major ore of copper.
  • cabin fever — If you describe someone as having cabin fever, you mean that they feel restless and irritable because they have been indoors in one place for too long.
  • cabinetwork — the making of furniture, esp of fine quality
  • calc-sinter — travertine
  • calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
  • calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendarist — a person who calendarizes
  • calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  • calendrical — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
  • cameroonian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of Cameroon or its inhabitants
  • camino real — a main road; highway.
  • campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
  • campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
  • canceration — the process of becoming cancerous
  • candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
  • caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
  • canisterise — to put into canisters
  • canisterize — to put into canisters
  • canoe birch — paper birch.
  • cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
  • cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
  • caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
  • capernoited — capricious
  • capernoitie — the head
  • car licence — an official document or certificate authorizing a person to drive an automobile
  • carabineers — Plural form of carabineer.
  • carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
  • carabiniere — an Italian national policeman
  • carabinieri — a member of the Italian national police force, organized as a military unit and charged with maintaining public security and order as well as assisting local police.
  • carbamidine — guanidine.
  • carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
  • carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
  • cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
  • cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
  • care-taking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
  • caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
  • cargo liner — a cargo ship that sails regularly between designated ports according to a published schedule.
  • carminative — able to relieve flatulence
  • carnationed — having the colour of flesh
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