11-letter words containing y, e, r, s
- conservancy — Conservancy is used in the names of organizations that work to preserve and protect the environment.
- controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
- conversancy — The condition of being conversant.
- copolyester — A polyester that has been modified by the addition of other chemicals.
- copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical
- copyeditors — Plural form of copyeditor.
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- copyreaders — Plural form of copyreader.
- copywriters — Plural form of copywriter.
- corrosively — In a corrosive manner.
- countryseat — a house or estate in the country
- countryside — The countryside is land which is away from towns and cities.
- courteously — having or showing good manners; polite.
- courtesy of — without charge, as a gesture of goodwill
- cover story — a story that is alluded to or illustrated on the cover of a magazine
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- crazy horse — Native American name Ta-Sunko-Witko. ?1849–77, Sioux chief, remembered for his attempts to resist White settlement in Sioux territory
- crazy house — an asylum for people with psychiatric disorders
- credulously — In a credulous manner; believably.
- creepypasta — (Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet.
- cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
- cryosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in cryosurgery
- cryosurgery — surgery involving the local destruction of tissues by quick freezing for therapeutic benefit
- crystal set — an early form of radio receiver having a crystal detector to demodulate the radio signals but no amplifier, therefore requiring earphones
- crystal tea — a bog shrub, Ledum palustre, of the heath family, found from the North Temperate Zone to the Arctic Circle, having leaves that are rust-colored and hairy beneath with rolled margins, and dense clusters of white flowers.
- 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.
- 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.
- cybersafety — Safety in using the Internet.
- cyberselves — Plural form of cyberself.
- cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
- cybersurfer — A person who surfs (browses the Internet).
- cyclometers — Plural form of cyclometer.
- cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cysticercus — an encysted larval form of many tapeworms, consisting of a head (scolex) inverted in a fluid-filled bladder
- cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday