11-letter words containing i, n, e, r, t
- centimetric — having a length of one centimetre
- centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralise.
- centralists — a centralizing system; centralization.
- centralized — to draw to or gather about a center.
- centralizer — A centralizer is a device fitted with a hinged collar to keep the casing or liner in the center of the wellbore.
- centralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centralize.
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- centre-fire — (of a cartridge) having the primer in the centre of the base
- centrelines — Plural form of centreline.
- centrepiece — The centrepiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
- centrifical — Misspelling of centrifugal.
- centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
- centrifuged — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- centrifuges — Plural form of centrifuge.
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- centrobaric — of or concerned with a centre of gravity
- centromeric — Pertaining to, or characteristic of centromeres.
- centrosomic — Relating to the centrosome.
- centuriator — a historian who compiles work by centuries, esp one of the writers of the Magdeburg Centuries
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.
- cerebration — the act of thinking; consideration; thought
- certainties — Plural form of certainty.
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- chain store — A chain store is one of several similar shops that are owned by the same person or company, especially one that sells a variety of things.
- chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
- chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- cherishment — the act or process of cherishing
- chevrotains — Plural form of chevrotain.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- china aster — a related Chinese plant, Callistephus chinensis, widely cultivated for its showy brightly coloured flowers
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
- christendom — All the Christian people and countries in the world can be referred to as Christendom.
- christening — A christening is a Christian ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian church and is officially given his or her name. Compare baptism.
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- cineritious — See cinereous.
- circinately — In a circinate fashion.
- circumvents — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumvent.
- cirencester — a market town in S England, in Gloucestershire: Roman amphitheatre. Pop: 15 861 (2001)
- citizenries — Plural form of citizenry.
- citronellal — a colourless slightly water-soluble liquid with a lemon-like odour, a terpene aldehyde found esp in citronella and certain eucalyptus oils: used as a flavouring and in soaps and perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2C:CH(CH2)2CH(CH3)CH2CHO
- citronellol — an alcohol present in oils from various aromatic plant species