11-letter words containing s, c, r, e
- crustaceous — forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
- cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
- cryosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in cryosurgery
- cryosurgery — surgery involving the local destruction of tissues by quick freezing for therapeutic benefit
- crystal set — an early form of radio receiver having a crystal detector to demodulate the radio signals but no amplifier, therefore requiring earphones
- crystal tea — a bog shrub, Ledum palustre, of the heath family, found from the North Temperate Zone to the Arctic Circle, having leaves that are rust-colored and hairy beneath with rolled margins, and dense clusters of white flowers.
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- crystalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystalize.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- crystallise — to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
- crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
- crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- ctenophores — Plural form of ctenophore.
- cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cultureless — Devoid of culture.
- cummerbunds — Plural form of cummerbund.
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- curd cheese — a mild white cheese made from skimmed milk curds, smoother and fattier than cottage cheese
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- curiosities — Plural form of curiosity.
- curiousness — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- curmudgeons — Plural form of curmudgeon.
- currentness — the state or quality of being current; currency.
- cursiveness — the quality of being cursive
- cursoriness — The state of being cursory.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- cut corners — to do something in the easiest and shortest way, esp at the expense of high standards
- cyberethics — Ethics in cyberspace.
- cybernetics — Cybernetics is science which involves studying the way electronic machines and human brains work, and developing machines that do things or think like people.
- cybersafety — Safety in using the Internet.
- cyberselves — Plural form of cyberself.
- cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
- cybersurfer — A person who surfs (browses the Internet).
- cyclometers — Plural form of cyclometer.
- cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cysticercus — an encysted larval form of many tapeworms, consisting of a head (scolex) inverted in a fluid-filled bladder
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- 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.
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.