12-letter words containing i, n, t, e, r
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- cancer stick — a cigarette.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- caravan site — A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- catherine ii — known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- cement mixer — A cement mixer is a machine with a large revolving container into which builders put cement, sand, and water in order to make concrete.
- centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
- center field — the middle area of the outfield
- centerpieces — Plural form of centerpiece.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
- central-fire — center-fire.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- centrifuging — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
- 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
- cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
- 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.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- christenings — Plural form of christening.
- christianise — to make Christian.