11-letter words containing s, i, r, c
- credit risk — a person or institution judged to be unlikely to be able to repay a loan
- credit side — the side of a balance sheet showing income and assets
- credit slip — A credit slip is the same as a credit note.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crematories — Plural form of crematory.
- creole-fish — a deep-sea fish, Paranthias furcifer, of the sea bass family, inhabiting tropical Atlantic waters.
- crested tit — a small European songbird, Parus cristatus, that has a greyish-brown plumage with a prominent speckled black-and-white crest: family Paridae (tits)
- 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.
- criminalist — a person who collects and analyses forensic evidence from the scene of a crime
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- crinkliness — The state or quality of being crinkly.
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- criss-cross — If a person or thing criss-crosses an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things criss-cross an area, they cross it, and cross over each other.
- criticaster — a lowly or petty critic
- criticising — to censure or find fault with.
- crochetings — a collection of crochet-work
- cropdusting — the spreading of fungicide, etc on crops in the form of dust, often from an aircraft
- cross hairs — crossed lines, as of fine hair or cobweb, mounted in the optical system of a telescopic gun sight, surveyor's level, etc., to assist in precise aiming or centering of the instrument
- cross ratio — a ratio relating four points in the real or complex plane.
- 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 wires — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
- 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-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
- crosspieces — Plural form of crosspiece.
- crowberries — Plural form of crowberry.
- crown daisy — a garden plant, Chrysanthemum coronarium, of the composite family, native to southern Europe, having numerous yellowish-white flower heads.
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- 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.
- cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
- cryophysics — a branch of physics in which phenomena are studied at low temperatures
- 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.
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.