11-letter words containing l, u, c, r, e
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
- cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- colour code — a system of easily distinguishable colours, as for the identification of electrical wires or resistors
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
- colourbreed — to breed (animals or plants) to be a particular colour
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- congruently — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
- conjectural — A statement that is conjectural is based on information that is not certain or complete.
- conquerable — Capable of being conquered or subdued.
- construable — that can be construed
- contubernal — occupying the same tent
- cool hunter — a person who is employed to identify future trends, esp in fashion or the media
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- corbiculate — having corbiculae or pollen baskets
- cordon bleu — Cordon bleu is used to describe cookery or cooks of the highest standard.
- corn gluten — gluten separated from corn during milling, used primarily as a livestock feed.
- corniculate — having horns or hornlike projections
- corpulently — In a corpulent manner.
- corpus vile — a person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment
- corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
- corruptible — susceptible to corruption; capable of being corrupted
- coulometric — (physics, chemistry) of, or relating to coulometry.
- counsellers — Plural form of counseller.
- counsellors — Plural form of counsellor.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
- counterflow — the flowing of two fluids in opposite directions in adjacent parts of an apparatus
- counterfoil — A counterfoil is the part of a cheque, ticket, or other document that you keep when you give the other part to someone else.
- counterglow — gegenschein.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
- counterpole — The exact opposite.
- counterseal — a smaller seal on the reverse of the main seal
- countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
- courteously — having or showing good manners; polite.
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- crab nebula — the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad, lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years
- credulously — In a credulous manner; believably.
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- crepuscular — Crepuscular means relating to twilight.
- crepusculum — Crepuscule; twilight; dusk.
- crest cloud — a stationary cloud parallel to and near the top of a mountain ridge. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
- crinkle-cut — (of chips or crisps) having a striated or furrowed surface
- croquignole — a small crisp cake