11-letter words containing r, a, c, o
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crenelation — Alternative form of crenellation.
- crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- crescograph — an instrument for measuring plant growth
- 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
- 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
- crocus sack — a burlap bag.
- croker sack — a bag made of burlap or similar material
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- crookbacked — Hunchbacked.
- cross hairs — crossed lines, as of fine hair or cobweb, mounted in the optical system of a telescopic gun sight, surveyor's level, etc., to assist in precise aiming or centering of the instrument
- cross ratio — a ratio relating four points in the real or complex plane.
- cross vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- cross-heads — Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
- 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
- cross-nodal — having to do with interaction between the senses
- cross-party — Cross-party activities involve two or more political parties. A cross-party group consists of members from two or more political parties.
- cross-patch — a bad-tempered or irritable person.
- cross-react — to participate in a cross-reaction.
- cross-staff — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- cross-trade — cross (def 26).
- cross-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crossbarred — having a crossbar or crossbars
- crossbearer — a person who carries or wears a cross
- crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
- crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
- crowder pea — any variety of cowpea bearing pods with closely spaced seeds.
- crown agent — a member of a board appointed by the Minister for Overseas Development to provide financial, commercial, and professional services for a number of overseas governments and international bodies
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
- crown graft — a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock
- crown roast — a roast consisting of ribs of lamb or pork arranged in a crown shape
- crustaceous — forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
- cryocautery — Cautery by the application of extreme cold.
- cryohydrate — a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions at low temperatures: a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water
- cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
- cryptogamic — Of, relating to, or denoting cryptogams.
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- 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.
- crystallog. — crystallography
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore