11-letter words containing n, i, a, r
- criminative — involving crimination; accusatory.
- criminatory — Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- crocodilian — any large predatory reptile of the order Crocodilia, which includes the crocodiles, alligators, and caymans. They live in or near water and have a long broad snout, powerful jaws, a four-chambered heart, and socketed teeth
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- cross-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtain rod — A curtain rod is a long, narrow pole on which you hang curtains.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
- curvilinear — consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
- cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cylindrical — Something that is cylindrical is in the shape of a cylinder.
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- dacarbazine — a toxic, light-sensitive powder, C 6 H 10 N 6 O, used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and metastatic malignant melanoma.
- daily grind — everyday work routine
- danger list — on
- dante chair — a chair of the Renaissance having two transverse pairs of curved legs crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- darlingness — the quality or characteristic of being darling, sweet, or charming
- darning egg — a rounded piece of wood or plastic used in darning to support the fabric around the hole
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- data driven — A data driven architecture/language performs computations in an order dictated by data dependencies. Two kinds of data driven computation are dataflow and demand driven. From about 1970 research in parallel data driven computation increased. Centres of excellence emerged at MIT, CERT-ONERA in France, NTT and ETL in Japan and Manchester University.
- dawn raider — a person or company that mounts a dawn raid
- day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- dead firing — firing of a furnace or boiler at less than normal operating temperature in order to maintain conditions desirable during a period of idleness.
- dead ringer — a person or thing that closely resembles another; ringer: That old car is a dead ringer for the one we used to own.
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decarbonize — to remove carbon from (the walls of the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine)
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decurionate — the post or position of a decurion
- decurvation — the act of curving downwards
- deferential — Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful towards someone else.
- defibrinate — to divest of fibrin or the protein formed in blood during clotting
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- degerminate — degerm (def 2).
- degradation — You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- dehortation — an exhortation against a course of action
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.