11-letter words containing s, i, r, c
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturalism — A belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
- culturomics — the study of human culture and cultural trends over time by means of quantitative analysis of words and phrases in a very large corpus of digitized texts: Culturomics can pinpoint periods of accelerated language change.
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curia regis — (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
- curialistic — of or relating to curialism or curialists
- 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.
- curriculums — Plural form of curriculum.
- 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.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- 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.
- cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
- cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
- cyclosporin — a substance, synthesized by certain soil fungi, that suppresses the immune response by disabling helper T cells, used to minimize rejection of foreign tissue transplants.
- cylindroids — Plural form of cylindroid.
- cysticercus — an encysted larval form of many tapeworms, consisting of a head (scolex) inverted in a fluid-filled bladder
- cytotropism — cytotropic tendency or behavior.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- debt crisis — a situation in which the large debts owed by a number of individuals, organizations or countries threaten to overwhelm them, so that they become unable to service their debts which, in turn, may threaten the stability of larger structures
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decorations — Plural form of decoration.
- decree nisi — A decree nisi is an order made by a court which states that a divorce must take place at a certain time in the future unless a good reason is produced to prevent this.
- decursively — in a decursive manner
- democracies — Plural form of democracy.
- democratise — To make democratic.
- democratism — The principles or spirit of a democracy.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- deracinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deracinate Pulls up by the roots.
- derecognise — Alternative spelling of derecognize.
- desacralize — to render less sacred; to secularize
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- descriptive — Descriptive language or writing indicates what someone or something is like.
- descriptors — Plural form of descriptor.
- desecrating — Present participle of desecrate.
- desecration — a desecrating or being desecrated
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.