12-letter words containing r, e, s
- circularises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circularise.
- circularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circularize.
- circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
- circumflexes — Plural form of circumflex.
- circumfusile — able to be diffused or poured around
- circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- city slicker — If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life.
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- civvy street — People in the armed forces use civvy street to refer to life and work which is not connected with the armed forces.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- clerestories — Plural form of clerestory.
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- cloisterless — a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- close-reefed — having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- clothes tree — an upright pole with branching hooks or pegs near the top to hold coats and hats
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- clotheshorse — a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
- clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- cloverleaves — Plural form of cloverleaf.
- cluster area — a place where a concentration of a particular phenomenon is found
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- coarse grain — granularity
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- cock lobster — a male lobster