12-letter words containing r, a, n, i
- crane driver — a person who drives a crane
- craniocaudal — (anatomy) From the cranial to the caudal end of a structure.
- craniofacial — relating to both the cranium and the face
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- craniometric — the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- craniosacral — as in craniosacral therapy, an alternative therapy involving gentle manipulation of the bones and membranes of the skull, in order to treat a wide range of physical and psychological disorders
- craniotomies — Plural form of craniotomy.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- creationists — Plural form of creationist.
- creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
- credentialed — Usually, credentials. evidence of authority, status, rights, entitlement to privileges, or the like, usually in written form: Only those with the proper credentials are admitted.
- cremationist — a person who advocates cremation instead of burial of the dead.
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- crenellation — to furnish with crenels or battlements.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- criminal law — the body of law dealing with the constitution of offences and the punishment of offenders
- criminalized — Simple past tense and past participle of criminalize.
- criminalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criminalize.
- criminalness — (rare, dated) The state or quality of being criminal.
- criminations — Plural form of crimination.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
- criticalness — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- crocodilians — Plural form of crocodilian.
- cross-action — an action brought within the same lawsuit by one defendant against another defendant or against the plaintiff.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curia romana — the body of congregations, offices, permanent commissions, etc., that assist the pope in the government and administration of the church.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curtain call — In a theatre, when actors or performers take a curtain call, they come forward to the front of the stage after a performance in order to receive the applause of the audience.
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- curtain line — the last line of a scene, act, etc., as in a play; tag line.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curtain rail — a rail from which a curtain is hung
- curtain ring — a wooden, plastic, or metal ring used to attach a curtain to a curtain pole
- curtain time — the time at which a play or other performance is scheduled to begin.
- curtain wall — a non-load-bearing external wall attached to a framed structure, often one that is prefabricated