11-letter words containing m, r, s
- corporatism — Corporatism is the organization and control of a country by groups who share a common interest or profession.
- corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
- cosmic rays — Cosmic rays are rays that reach Earth from outer space and consist of atomic nuclei.
- cosmocratic — of or relating to a cosmocrat
- cosmodromes — Plural form of cosmodrome.
- cosmography — a representation of the world or the universe
- cosmosphere — a device consisting of a glass globe on which the stars are shown, and within which is another globe representing the Earth, that shows the position of the Earth, at any given time, in relation to the stars
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
- courtierism — the characteristic practices or qualities of a courtier
- covermounts — Plural form of covermount.
- craftsmanly — Befitting a craftsman.
- craftswoman — A craftswoman is a woman who makes things skilfully with her hands.
- craftswomen — Plural form of craftswoman.
- cram course — an intensive course of study designed to review or teach material needed for a specific purpose or, often, material previously taught but not mastered.
- cram school — a private institution, especially in East Asia, that uses an accelerated curriculum to prepare students for university entrance exams.
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- cream sauce — a white sauce made from cream, butter, etc
- 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.
- crepusculum — Crepuscule; twilight; dusk.
- crewmembers — Plural form of crewmember.
- crime scene — A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
- crime sheet — a record of an individual's offences against regulations
- crime spree — a series of crimes committed in quick succession
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crimebuster — (chiefly, US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- criminalist — a person who collects and analyses forensic evidence from the scene of a crime
- 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.
- crossbowmen — Plural form of crossbowman.
- crossmember — A transverse structural piece that adds support to a motor-vehicle chassis or other construction.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- culturalism — A belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- curriculums — Plural form of curriculum.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cyclometers — Plural form of cyclometer.
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- cytotropism — cytotropic tendency or behavior.
- damask rose — a rose, Rosa damascena, native to Asia and cultivated for its pink or red fragrant flowers, which are used to make the perfume attar
- 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.