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12-letter words containing a, c, e, n, t

  • christianite — (mineral) alternative name of phillipsite.
  • christianize — to make Christian or convert to Christianity
  • chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
  • chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
  • cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
  • cinder track — a racetrack covered with fine cinders
  • cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
  • cinematizing — Present participle of cinematize.
  • circumjacent — surrounding; lying around
  • circumnutate — to rotate slightly on a central axis
  • circumstance — The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.
  • citizen kane — an American film (1941), directed by and starring Orson Welles.
  • citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
  • city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
  • clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
  • clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
  • clean eating — the practice of following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
  • cleanability — the ability to be cleaned
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
  • client state — A client state is a country which is controlled or influenced by another larger and more powerful state, or which depends on this state for support and protection.
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
  • co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • coacervation — a reversible, emulsoid stage existing between the sol and gel formations, in which the addition of a third substance causes the separation of the sol into two immiscible liquid phases: an essential stage in the formation of proteins, antibodies, etc.
  • coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
  • coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
  • cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
  • cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
  • cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
  • codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
  • coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
  • coelenterata — the phylum comprising the coelenterates.
  • coelenterate — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
  • coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
  • cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
  • cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
  • coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
  • coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
  • collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
  • collineation — The act of collineating; collimation.
  • combat knife — a large knife for military use
  • come to hand — to become available; be received
  • commandments — a command or mandate.
  • commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
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