11-letter words containing m, a, c, r, o
- cramponning — climbing using crampons
- craniectomy — the surgical removal of a part of the skull to facilitate brain surgery, the bone then being discarded rather than replaced
- craniognomy — the scientific study of the shape and characteristics of the skull
- craniometer — an instrument for measuring the cranium or skull
- craniometry — the study and measurement of skulls
- crateriform — shaped like a crater
- creationism — Creationism is the belief that the account of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and that the theory of evolution is incorrect.
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crimination — An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination.
- criminatory — Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- cross-match — to test the compatibility of (a donor's and recipient's blood) by checking that the red cells of each do not agglutinate in the other's serum
- crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
- cryptogamic — Of, relating to, or denoting cryptogams.
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
- currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- demarcation — Demarcation is the establishment of boundaries or limits separating two areas, groups, or things.
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- democratize — If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- demonocracy — power of or rule by demons
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours
- dimercaprol — a colorless, oily, viscous liquid, C 3 H 8 OS 2 , originally developed as an antidote to lewisite and now used in treating bismuth, gold, mercury, and arsenic poisoning.
- disharmonic — lacking harmony; disharmonious; discordant.
- doc martens — a brand of lace-up boots with thick lightweight resistant soles
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- domiciliary — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- elastomeric — Of, pertaining to, or containing elastomers.
- electrogram — a record of an organ's electrical activity, measured by monitoring changes in electric potential
- emancipator — A person who emancipates.