11-letter words containing s, c, r, e, n
- bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
- blue screen — a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence
- boss screen — a screen image within a computer game that can be activated instantly, designed to hide the evidence of game-playing, esp at work
- bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
- breconshire — (until 1974) a county of SE Wales, now mainly in Powys: over half its area forms the Brecon Beacons National Park
- bristlecone — a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones
- brown sauce — a sauce made from cooked fat and flour
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- buon fresco — fresco (def 1).
- cactus wren — any American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of arid regions, especially C. brunneicapillus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- calc-sinter — travertine
- calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
- calendarist — a person who calendarizes
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- canary seed — birdseed.
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- canisterise — to put into canisters
- canisterize — to put into canisters
- canker sore — an ulceration, esp of the lips or lining of the oral cavity
- cankerworms — Plural form of cankerworm.
- 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
- cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- carabineers — Plural form of carabineer.
- carabineros — Plural form of carabinero.
- carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
- carbonnades — Plural form of carbonnade.
- carcassonne — a city in SW France: extensive remains of medieval fortifications. Pop: 48 212 (2006)
- carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
- carefulness — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- carlessness — Lack of a car.
- carniferous — bearing flesh.
- carotenoids — Plural form of carotenoid.
- carsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the car in which one is traveling.
- casa grande — the massive, prehistoric structure within Indian ruins in S Ariz., now constituting a national monument
- case-harden — to form a hard surface layer of high carbon content on (a steel component) by heating in a carburizing environment with subsequent quenching or heat treatment
- casehardens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caseharden.
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- castor bean — the seed of this plant
- cat scanner — a specialized x-ray instrument that displays computerized cross-sectional images of the body, providing a noninvasive means of visualizing the brain, lungs, liver, spleen, and other soft tissue.
- catarrhines — Plural form of catarrhine.
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
- cenancestor — The last ancestor common of two or more lineages, especially the last universal common ancestor of all life.
- centenaries — Plural form of centenary.