Words Containing: C,R,U,I,S,I,E,S

• To convert assets (typically outstanding loans or other receivables) to securities, usually by selling them with a discount to a financial intermediary, which pools them with other similar assets and sells further as securities to third-party investors.

• cut the skin over the clitoris

• cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys

• the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance

• outer surface of an area or a body

• proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

• (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

• the disposition and habits of an epicure

• of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation

• a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem

• the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand

• an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known

• the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination