11-letter words containing u, r, i
- cire perdue — a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away
- cirrocumuli — Plural form of cirrocumulus.
- ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
- civic trust — a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces, and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
- civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- cocciferous — (of a plant) bearing berries
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- coexecutrix — a joint executrix.
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
- collutorium — collutory.
- colour film — a film for use in cameras that produces coloured pictures
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- colourblind — Alternative form of colour blind.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- colubriform — shaped like or resembling a member of the Colubridae family of snakes
- columbarium — a vault having niches for funeral urns
- columbiform — Having the form of a dove or pigeon.
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniform — Having the form of a column.
- commissural — Of or pertaining to a commissure.
- commissures — Plural form of commissure.
- compulsitor — a thing, such as a mandate, that compels
- computerise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerize.
- computerist — a computer user
- computerize — To computerize a system, process, or type of work means to arrange for a lot of the work to be done by computer.
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- concubinary — of, relating to, or living in concubinage.
- configurate — to shape or fashion
- configuring — Present participle of configure.
- congruities — Plural form of congruity.
- conjuration — a magic spell; incantation
- connaisseur — A specialist of a given field, especially in one of the fine arts or in a matter of taste: a connoisseur.
- connoisseur — A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject.
- consumerism — Consumerism is the belief that it is good to buy and use a lot of goods.
- consumerist — Consumerist economies are ones which encourage people to consume a lot of goods.
- consumerize — to make (goods or a product) suitable or available for mass consumption: to consumerize computers by making them cheaper.
- continuator — a person who continues something, esp the work of someone else
- contrarious — (of people or animals) perverse or obstinate
- contributed — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contributer — Misspelling of contributor.
- contributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contribute.
- contributor — You can use contributor to refer to one of the causes of an event or situation, especially if that event or situation is an unpleasant one.