12-letter words containing a, c, e, t, l
- chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- chattel real — an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chelicerates — Plural form of chelicerate.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- chloroacetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
- citlaltepetl — a volcano in SE Mexico, in central Veracruz state: the highest peak in the country. Height: 5636 m (18 492 ft), though this is disputed between different sources
- 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.
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
- claptrappery — the art of eliciting applause
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- class object — (programming) In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
- class system — a system in which social status is largely determined by the family into which a person is born
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- claw hatchet — a hatchet with a claw at one end of its head for extracting nails
- 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
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cleft palate — If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly.
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- 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.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop