11-letter words containing s, i, r
- corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
- coscenarist — one of two or more joint scenarists.
- cosignatory — a person, country, etc, that signs a document jointly with others
- cosmic rays — Cosmic rays are rays that reach Earth from outer space and consist of atomic nuclei.
- cosmocratic — of or relating to a cosmocrat
- costa rican — of or relating to Costa Rica or its inhabitants
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- councillors — Plural form of councillor.
- counterbids — Plural form of counterbid.
- counterions — Plural form of counterion.
- countersign — If you countersign a document, you sign it after someone else has signed it.
- countersing — (ethology, of a bird) To sing in response to the song of another.
- countersink — to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) in timber, metal, etc, so that the head of a bolt or screw can be sunk below the surface
- countersuit — a legal claim made as a reaction to a claim made against one
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- courtierism — the characteristic practices or qualities of a courtier
- courtliness — polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- covarrubias — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–57, Mexican caricaturist, illustrator, and painter.
- cove stripe — a decorative stripe painted along the sheer strake of a vessel, esp of a sailing boat
- cow parsnip — any tall coarse umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum, such as H. sphondylium of Europe and Asia, having thick stems and flattened clusters of white or purple flowers
- cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
- crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- cranberries — Plural form of cranberry.
- cranesbills — Plural form of cranesbill.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- cranioscopy — the study of the features of the human skull
- crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- 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.
- creationist — A creationist is someone who believes that the story of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and who rejects the theory of evolution.
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
- 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.