11-letter words containing r, t, c
- calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- cambric tea — a hot drink of milk, sugar, and water or, often, weak tea
- camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
- camera tube — the part of a television camera that converts an optical image into an electrical signal
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- canceration — the process of becoming cancerous
- candidature — Candidature means the same as candidacy.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- cane-cutter — any of several species of large cottontails inhabiting swamps or marshes.
- canisterise — to put into canisters
- canisterize — to put into canisters
- cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
- cantharides — a diuretic and urogenital stimulant or irritant prepared from the dried bodies of Spanish fly (family Meloidae, not Cantharidae), once thought to be an aphrodisiac
- cantharidic — cantharidal
- cantharidin — the compound C10H12O4, which is the active ingredient in cantharides and is secreted by many species of blister beetle
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- canto fermo — a melody that is the basis to which other parts are added in polyphonic music
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- capillarity — a phenomenon caused by surface tension and resulting in the distortion, elevation, or depression of the surface of a liquid in contact with a solid
- capped-rate — having a fixed upper limit
- capri pants — women's tight-fitting trousers
- caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
- capstan bar — a lever, often wooden, for turning a capstan
- caravanette — a motor vehicle with an area at the back that is equipped for living in
- carbocation — (chemistry) any cation containing an excess positive charge on one or more carbon atoms.
- carbon-date — to determine the age of an organic object by examining the relative proportions of the carbon isotopes carbon-12 and carbon-14
- carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
- carbonation — absorption of or reaction with carbon dioxide
- carbonatite — a rare intrusive or extrusive igneous rock, mostly found in Africa, that contains a high proportion of carbonate minerals
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- carburation — the process of mixing a hydrocarbon fuel with a correct amount of air to make an explosive mixture for an internal-combustion engine
- carburetant — a substance, as gasoline or benzene, added to air or gas to carburet it
- carburetion — Carburetion is the process of fuel becoming vapor and mixing with a stream of air in a carburetor.
- carburetors — Plural form of carburetor.
- carburetter — Alternative spelling of carburetor.
- carburettor — A carburettor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
- carbutamide — An antidiabetic drug.
- carcinomata — Plural form of carcinoma.
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal