11-letter words containing cen
- connascence — connascency
- connascency — the simultaneous birth of two or more things
- coparcenary — a form of joint ownership of property, esp joint heirship
- coscenarist — one of two or more joint scenarists.
- cost center — A cost center is a department in a company that does not bring the company direct profit.
- cost centre — a unit, such as a department of a company, to which costs may be allocated for cost accounting purposes
- crescendoed — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- crescendoes — Plural form of crescendo.
- crescentade — a religious crusade or war fought under the flag of Turkey
- crime scene — A crime scene is a place that is being investigated by the police because a crime has taken place there.
- crowd scene — (in a film, play, or television programme) a scene in which a crowd appears
- damascening — Present participle of damascene.
- dead center — the position of maximum (top dead center) or minimum (bottom dead center) extension of a crank and a connecting rod, in which both are in the same straight line
- dead centre — the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- decennaries — Plural form of decennary.
- decennially — Every ten years.
- decentering — to put out of center.
- decrescendo — with a gradual decrease in loudness; diminuendo: often used as a musical direction: symbol 57381
- delitescent — concealed; hidden; latent.
- descendancy — Lb uncountable The quality or condition of being a descendant.
- descendants — a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
- descendence — The act of descending.
- descendency — The property of descendence.
- descendents — Misspelling of descendants.
- descendible — capable of being inherited
- detumescent — characterized by detumescence
- dog licence — a special license which permits the holder to be the keeper of a dog
- eccentrical — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- ecocentrism — a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings.
- egocentrism — The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.
- endocentric — Denoting or being a construction in which the whole has the same syntactic function as the head, for example big black dogs.
- erubescence — the process of growing red or a condition of redness
- eurocentric — Alternative form of Eurocentric.
- evanescence — The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance.
- excentrical — Alternative form of excentric.
- excrescence — A distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality.
- excrescency — the state or condition of being excrescent
- florescence — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- free ascent — the upward traveling or path of a rocket carried by its own inertia after its engine has stopped operating.
- fremescence — a dull or incipient rumbling or roaring sound
- frondescent — Leafy; becoming leafy; resembling leaves.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- gun licence — an official document granting a person permission to own and use a gun, usually subject to various restrictions
- gynocentric — Centered on or concerned exclusively with women; taking a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view.
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- hypocenters — Plural form of hypocenter.