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12-letter words containing er

  • center wheel — the wheel driving the minute and hour hands of a timepiece.
  • centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
  • centeredness — The state of being centered.
  • centerpieces — Plural form of centerpiece.
  • centrosphere — the portion of the centrosome surrounding the centriole; center of an aster
  • cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
  • ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
  • ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
  • cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
  • cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
  • cerebrosides — Plural form of cerebroside.
  • cerebrotonia — a personality type characterized by restraint, alertness, and an intellectual approach to life: said to be correlated with an ectomorph body type
  • cerebrotonic — relating to or resembling a personality type characterized by shyness, introspection, and emotional restraint, and often associated with an ectomorphic physique
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cerinic acid — cerotic acid.
  • cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
  • cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
  • ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
  • cerotic acid — white insoluble odourless wax
  • certificated — A certificated person has been awarded a certificate to prove that they have achieved a certain level or standard.
  • certificates — Plural form of certificate.
  • cervical cap — a plastic or rubber, thimble-shaped contraceptive that is fitted over the cervix to prevent sperm from entering the uterus
  • cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
  • chaetiferous — having bristles
  • chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chair warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • chair-warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • chalicothere — any of various very large extinct Tertiary horselike perissodactyl mammals that had clawed feet but otherwise resembled titanotheres
  • chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
  • chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
  • chambermaids — Plural form of chambermaid.
  • chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
  • chandeliered — having a chandelier
  • change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
  • chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
  • chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
  • chapter head — printed material appearing before and usually above the text of a chapter, as a title, number, quotation, etc.
  • chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
  • chapter room — a room for the use of the chapter of a religious institution
  • chapter stop — any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
  • chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
  • characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
  • characteries — Plural form of charactery.
  • characterise — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
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