11-letter words containing s, e, m, i, c
- cosmopolite — an animal or plant that occurs in most parts of the world
- cosmothetic — positing the existence of the external world
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- courtierism — the characteristic practices or qualities of a courtier
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- creationism — Creationism is the belief that the account of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and that the theory of evolution is incorrect.
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- crime scene — A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
- crime sheet — a record of an individual's offences against regulations
- crime spree — a series of crimes committed in quick succession
- crime squad — (in Britain) a division of the police which identifies and prevents major crimes, esp those crossing regional or national boundaries
- crimebuster — (chiefly, US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
- criminalese — the jargon of criminals
- criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
- crumbliness — The state of being crumbly.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- customaries — Plural form of customary.
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- dance music — music that is suitable for dancing
- decimalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimalize.
- decimations — Plural form of decimation.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decomposing — Present participle of decompose.
- decomposite — a composite element that is itself composed of other elements
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- demoniacism — the state or practice of being possessed by a demon
- descamisado — an extreme liberal of the Spanish revolution 1820–23.
- desmodromic — (of mechanisms, almost exclusively of valves) that are controlled in both directions of their movement. A desmodromic valve is one which is actively both opened and closed by a mechanism rather than by a spring
- diastematic — characterized by diastema
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- diplomacies — Plural form of diplomacy.
- disc camera — a camera that accepts a film cartridge in the form of a rotatable disc with film frames mounted around the outer edge.
- discardment — the act or process of discarding
- discernment — the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- disclaimers — Plural form of disclaimer.
- discomfited — Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
- discommoded — Simple past tense and past participle of discommode.
- discomposed — Simple past tense and past participle of discompose.
- discomposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discompose.
- discomycete — any of a group of fungi considered as belonging to the class Ascomycetes of the kingdom Plantae, including cup fungi, morels, and truffles, characterized by a cup-shaped or disk-shaped fruiting body.
- disencumber — to free from a burden or other encumbrance; disburden.
- dockmackies — Plural form of dockmackie.
- domesticate — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- domesticity — the state of being domestic; domestic or home life.
- domesticize — To make domestic; domesticate.
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.