11-letter words containing rc
- archtraitor — A chief or transcendent traitor.
- archvillain — A supreme villain; the most evil or powerful villain.
- arctic char — a char, Salvelinus alpinus, that occurs in northern and arctic seas
- arctic hare — a large hare, Lepus arcticus, of the Canadian Arctic whose fur is white in winter
- arctic seal — rabbit fur that has been sheared and dyed to simulate sealskin.
- arctic skua — a predatory gull-like bird, Stercorarius parasiticus, which harasses terns or gulls into dropping or disgorging fish they have caught; it breeds in northern Eurasia and North America
- arctic tern — a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic
- arctic zone — the section of the earth's surface lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- arcticology — the scientific study of the Polar Regions.
- arctophilia — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- aristarchus — a crater in the NE quadrant of the moon, having a diameter of about 37 kilometres, which is the brightest formation on the moon
- arrivederci — goodbye
- authorcraft — the skilled ability of an author
- beam search — (algorithm) An optimisation of the best first search graph search algorithm where only a predetermined number of paths are kept as candidates. The number of paths is the "width of the beam". If more paths than this are generated, the worst paths are discarded. This reduces the space requirements of best first search.
- beavercreek — a town in SW Ohio.
- bifurcation — the act or fact of bifurcating
- bioresearch — the investigation of the nature of living organisms; biological research.
- bismarckian — of, relating to, or resembling Otto von Bismarck, especially in respect to his aggressiveness in politics and diplomacy.
- bittercress — one of several perennial or annual plants of the genus Cardamine, that are related to lady's-smock, including hairy bittercress (C. hirsuta), a common weed resembling shepherd's purse, with which it is often confused: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- black birch — sweet birch.
- black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
- body search — If a person is body searched, someone such as a police officer searches them while they remain clothed. Compare strip-search.
- body-search — to search all parts of the body of: Police ordered the suspects to strip and then body-searched them for hidden caches of narcotics.
- braced arch — an arch of steel, timber, etc., having a trusslike framework maintaining rigidity under a variety of eccentric loads: a true arch because it is fixed or tied at both sides of the base.
- brute force — physical strength, power
- buttercream — a vanilla-flavored cake frosting or filling made principally of softened butter and powdered sugar.
- by force of — If something happens by force of a particular quality, action, or set of circumstances, it happens because of the nature or intensity of that quality, action, or set of circumstances.
- canoe birch — paper birch.
- carcassonne — a city in SW France: extensive remains of medieval fortifications. Pop: 48 212 (2006)
- carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
- carcinology — the study of crustaceans
- carcinomata — Plural form of carcinoma.
- catercorner — diagonal.
- centrarchid — (zoology) Any member of the Centrarchidae.
- charchemish — an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.
- charcuterie — cooked cold meats
- church army — a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy
- church book — any of various books commonly used by a church, as a service book or a parish register.
- church hall — a building near to or attached to a church suitable for social gatherings
- church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
- 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.
- church text — a heavy typeface in Gothic style
- churchgoers — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- churchgoing — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- churchwards — in the direction of the church
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
- churchyards — Plural form of churchyard.
- circinately — In a circinate fashion.
- circle jerk — mutual masturbation among three or more persons.