13-letter words containing a, c, e, l, r
- clare-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clarinettists — Plural form of clarinettist.
- class teacher — a teacher who teaches a class
- class warfare — conflict, tension between social classes
- class-warfare — Also called class conflict. conflict between different classes in a community resulting from different social or economic positions and reflecting opposed interests.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- cleaner tooth — a saw tooth for cleaning loose chips from a kerf.
- clear a table — When you clear a table, you remove things from it that you do not want to be there.
- clear channel — a radio broadcast channel cleared for long-distance broadcasting during nighttime hours.
- clear the air — to rid a situation of tension or discord by settling misunderstandings, etc
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- clear-up rate — the percentage of a category of crimes that are solved
- clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
- clearing bank — The clearing banks are the main banks in Britain. Clearing banks use the central clearing house in London to deal with other banks.
- clearing bath — any solution for removing material from the surface of a photographic image, as silver halide, metallic silver, or a dye or stain.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- clearing mark — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
- clearing-line — either of a pair of landmarks or marks on a mariner's chart lying upon a line (clearing line) along which a vessel can sail to avoid navigational hazards.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cliometrician — An expert at cliometrics.
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- clock watcher — an employee who demonstrates lack of interest in a job by watching the time closely to be sure to stop work as soon as the workday or shift is over.
- clock-watcher — an employee who checks the time in anticipation of a break or of the end of the working day
- close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- clotted cream — Clotted cream is very thick cream made by heating milk gently and taking the cream off the top. It is made mainly in the south west of England.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- coachbuilders — Plural form of coachbuilder.
- coal measures — a series of coal-bearing rocks formed in the upper Carboniferous period; the uppermost series of the Carboniferous system
- coal merchant — a person engaged in the purchase and sale of coal for profit
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- cobbler's wax — a resin used for waxing thread
- cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- cochleariform — having a spoon shape
- coelenterates — Plural form of coelenterate.
- coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
- coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
- collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
- collared dove — a European dove, Streptopelia decaocto, having a brownish-grey plumage with a black band on the back of the neck
- collate-rally — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- collateralise — Alternative spelling of collateralize.
- collaterality — the state of being collateral
- collateralize — to treat (a security) as collateral
- collectorates — Plural form of collectorate.
- college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
- colomb-bechar — former name of Béchar.