12-letter words containing cer
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- exacerbating — Present participle of exacerbate.
- exacerbation — An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease).
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
- gandy dancer — a member of a railroad section gang that lays or maintains track.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycerolysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and glycerol.
- go-go dancer — an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.
- greengrocers — Plural form of greengrocer.
- greengrocery — a greengrocer's shop.
- heterocercal — having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates.
- incarcerated — to imprison; confine.
- incarcerates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incarcerate.
- incarcerator — A person who incarcerates.
- incumbrancer — (legal) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
- lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
- line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- make certain — ensure
- metacercaria — the encysted larva of a trematode, usually found in or on an aquatic intermediate host.
- necromancers — Plural form of necromancer.
- night dancer — (in Uganda) a person believed to employ the help of the dead in destroying other people
- noncancerous — (of tissue) not cancerous, benign
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- peptic ulcer — an erosion of the mucous membrane of the lower esophagus, stomach, or duodenum, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice.
- perivisceral — surrounding or situated about the viscera.
- plerocercoid — the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.
- pre-ceremony — the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion: the coronation ceremony.
- precancerous — showing pathological changes that may be preliminary to malignancy.
- preconcerted — prearranged; settled in advance
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- pseudocereal — any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.
- remembrancer — a person who reminds another of something.
- rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
- rhopaloceral — of or relating to creatures from the Rhopalocera division of animals, which includes all butterflies, distinguished from moths on account of their club-shaped antennae
- rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
- self-concern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
- slalom racer — someone who takes part in a slalom
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- unconcerning — not concerning
- undiscerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- visceromotor — of or relating to the normal movements of the viscera, especially the digestive tract.
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- viscerotonic — of, relating to, or possessing the character traits typical of viscerotonia