12-letter words containing s, i, r, c
- cub mistress — a woman who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cumulocirrus — a cloud that shares charracteristics of cumulus and cirrus clouds
- cuneiformist — a person who studies or deciphers cuneiform writing.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curanderismo — the use of folk medicine, especially as practiced by a curandero.
- curb service — service, for example, from a restaurant to customers in vehicles parked at the curb
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtailments — Plural form of curtailment.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
- cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debt service — the amount set aside annually in a fund to pay the interest and the part of the principal due on a debt.
- decay series — a succession of elements initiated in the radioactive decay of a parent, as thorium or uranium, each of which decays into the next until a stable element, usually lead, is produced.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decentralise — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- decentralism — A policy of favouring decentralization.
- decentralist — to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area: to decentralize the national government.
- declarations — Plural form of declaration.
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- degeneracies — Plural form of degeneracy.
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- demarcations — Plural form of demarcation.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- deradicalise — to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
- derelictions — Plural form of dereliction.