12-letter words containing cr
- dawson creek — a town in W Canada, in NE British Columbia: SE terminus of the Alaska Highway. Pop: 10 754 (2001)
- deconsecrate — to transfer (a church) to secular use
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- decrepitated — Simple past tense and past participle of decrepitate.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- decrescendos — Plural form of decrescendo.
- decrustation — the act of removing a crust
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- democratised — Simple past tense and past participle of democratise.
- democratiser — one who democratises
- democratized — Simple past tense and past participle of democratize.
- democratizer — a person or thing that democratizes
- democratizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of democratize.
- desacralized — Simple past tense and past participle of desacralize.
- desacralizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desacralize.
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- desecrations — Plural form of desecration.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- discrediting — Present participle of discredit.
- discreetness — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
- discreteness — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discretional — discretionary.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- discriminant — a relatively simple expression that determines some of the properties, as the nature of the roots, of a given equation or function.
- discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- do credit to — present or represent honourably
- dollarocracy — a state in which private wealth determines the base of political power
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- double crown — a size of printing paper, 20 × 30 inches (51 × 76 cm).
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- drama critic — a journalist who writes critiques of plays, or who talks about the theatre on radio or television
- dressed crab — cooked crabmeat that has been taken out of the shell
- encroachment — Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
- encrustation — The action of encrusting or state of being encrusted.
- excrescences — Plural form of excrescence.
- excrescently — In an excrescent manner.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- excruciation — Some excruciating pain.
- extracranial — on the exterior of the skull, outside the skull
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- firecrackers — Plural form of firecracker.
- from scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
- gate-crasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.