11-letter words containing s, c, r, e
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- crinkliness — The state or quality of being crinkly.
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- criticaster — a lowly or petty critic
- crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
- croker sack — a bag made of burlap or similar material
- crookedness — The state of being crooked.
- crop duster — a pilot employed in crop-dusting from an airplane.
- cross press — a fall in wrestling using the weight of the body to pin an opponent's shoulders to the floor
- cross river — a state of SE Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Calabar. Pop: 2 888 966 (2006). Area: 20 156 sq km (7782 sq miles)
- cross swell — a movement of the sea at right angles to a major current
- cross wires — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-bench — a seat in Parliament occupied by a neutral or independent member
- cross-breed — If one species of animal or plant cross-breeds with another, they reproduce, and new or different animals or plants are produced. You can also say that someone cross-breeds something such as an animal or plant.
- cross-check — If you cross-check information, you check that it is correct using a different method or source from the one originally used to obtain it.
- cross-dress — If someone cross-dresses, they wear the clothes of the opposite sex, especially for sexual pleasure.
- cross-heads — Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
- cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
- cross-react — to participate in a cross-reaction.
- cross-refer — to refer from one part of something, esp a book, to another
- cross-slide — the part of a lathe or planing machine on which the tool post is mounted and across which it slides at right angles to the bed of the lathe
- cross-trade — cross (def 26).
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crossbarred — having a crossbar or crossbars
- crossbearer — a person who carries or wears a cross
- crossbedded — having layers of rock oblique or transverse to the main beds of stratified rock
- crossbowmen — Plural form of crossbowman.
- crossbreeds — Plural form of crossbreed.
- crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
- crosslegged — Alternative spelling of cross-legged.
- crossmember — A transverse structural piece that adds support to a motor-vehicle chassis or other construction.
- crosspieces — Plural form of crosspiece.
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- crow's feet — Crow's feet are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- crow's nest — On a ship, the crow's nest is a small platform high up on the mast, where a person can go to look in all directions.
- crow's-nest — Nautical. a platform or shelter for a lookout at or near the top of a mast.
- crowberries — Plural form of crowberry.
- crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
- crowdedness — The state or quality of being crowded.
- crowdsource — to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- crowstepped — (of a gable) having crow steps
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- crude steel — unrefined steel
- cruise ship — A cruise ship is a large ship which takes people from place to place on a cruise holiday, and on which entertainment, food, and drink are provided.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- crunchiness — The state of being crunchy.
- crustaceans — Plural form of crustacean.