11-letter words containing r, e, a, m
- cotemporary — contemporary
- countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
- countermark — a mark on an object that is additional to a mark already on that object, and that serves a purpose such as enhancing security, or noting a change in the value of that object, etc
- countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
- coursemates — Plural form of coursemate.
- 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.
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- craniectomy — the surgical removal of a part of the skull to facilitate brain surgery, the bone then being discarded rather than replaced
- craniometer — an instrument for measuring the cranium or skull
- craniometry — the study and measurement of skulls
- crateriform — shaped like a crater
- 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.
- cremaillere — a trench or fortification constructed in an indented or saw-tooth pattern
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- crematorium — A crematorium is a building in which the bodies of dead people are burned.
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crimean war — the war fought mainly in the Crimea between Russia on one side and Turkey, France, Sardinia, and Britain on the other (1853-56)
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- criminalize — If a government criminalizes an action or person, it officially declares that the action or the person's behaviour is illegal.
- criminative — involving crimination; accusatory.
- cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- curb market — curb (def 5).
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- 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.
- dance drama — drama performed through dance movements, frequently with dialogue.
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- dark matter — Dark matter is material that is believed to form a large part of the universe, but which has never been seen.
- daydreamers — Plural form of daydreamer.
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- dde manager — An Oracle product that lets Microsoft Windows applications that support the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol act as front end tools for Oracle. It allows applications like Excel, Word, Ami Professional, WingZ and ToolBook to query, update, graph and report information stored in Oracle.
- dead matter — type that has already been used or is not going to be used
- death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
- decameronic — resembling or having characteristics of the Decameron written by Boccaccio
- decemvirate — a board of decemvirs
- declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
- declarement — (obsolete) declaration.
- decremental — relating to a small amount that is taken away
- dedramatize — to cause to be less dramatic
- deformalize — to make (something) less formal
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- deformative — making worse by alteration
- degerminate — degerm (def 2).