11-letter words containing ra
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chloracetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- choreodrama — dance drama performed by a group
- choreograph — When someone choreographs a ballet or other dance, they invent the steps and movements and tell the dancers how to perform them.
- chorography — the technique of mapping regions
- christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
- chromograph — (obsolete) chromolithograph.
- chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
- chronograph — an accurate instrument for recording small intervals of time
- chrysocracy — a form of government by the rich
- chrysograph — a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
- chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
- chupacabras — Plural form of chupacabra.
- church rate — (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services.
- cine camera — a camera in which a strip of film moves past the lens, usually to give 16 or 24 exposures per second, thus enabling moving pictures to be taken
- cirrostrati — Plural form of cirrostratus.
- cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
- clarabellas — Plural form of clarabella.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- cliff brake — any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.
- clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
- clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
- clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
- close brace — right brace
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
- coast range — a series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from Baja California to SE Alaska.
- cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
- cogenerator — a facility that produces energy from waste
- coinsurance — a method of insurance by which property is insured for a certain percentage of its value by a commercial insurance policy while the owner assumes liability for the remainder
- coleopteral — of or relating to the Coleoptera
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- collaterals — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.
- coloraturas — Plural form of coloratura.
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- comic opera — a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations
- comic-opera — comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects: a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.
- comisserate — Obsolete spelling of commiserate.
- commemorate — To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially-created object.
- commiserate — If you commiserate with someone, you show them pity or sympathy when something unpleasant has happened to them.
- commissural — Of or pertaining to a commissure.
- common crab — an edible crustacean, Cancer pagurusan
- comparatist — a person who carries out comparative studies, esp a student of comparative literature or comparative linguistics