11-letter words containing s, e, n, r
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bus network — (networking) A network topology in which all nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time. Some networks are implemented as a bus, e.g. Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with terminators at each end) to which each node was attached. Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
- button rose — a small rose whose flowers form a round head
- 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.
- centerfolds — Plural form of centerfold.
- centerlines — Plural form of centerline.
- centilitres — Plural form of centilitre.
- centimeters — one 100th of a meter, equivalent to 0.3937 inch. Abbreviation: cm, cm.
- centimetres — Plural form of centimetre.
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.