11-letter words containing a, c, t, u, l
- cartularies — Plural form of cartulary.
- carunculate — having a caruncle.
- carvelbuilt — Alternative form of carvel-built.
- castellanus — (of a cloud) having small turrets.
- castellatus — (formerly) castellanus.
- casuistical — Casuistic.
- cat burglar — A cat burglar is a thief who steals from houses or other buildings by climbing up walls and entering through windows or through the roof.
- catafalques — Plural form of catafalque.
- cataloguers — Plural form of cataloguer.
- cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloguize — to make a list of; catalogue
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
- caterwauler — to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time.
- cattle grub — the larva or adult of a warble fly, especially Hypoderma lineatum, a common pest of cattle in North America.
- cauliculate — having a caulicle
- causability — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- causalities — the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.
- causational — the action of causing or producing.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- caustically — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
- celebutante — a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity
- cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
- centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
- chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- circularity — having the form of a circle; round: a circular tower.
- circulating — Moving about freely.
- circulation — The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- circulators — Plural form of circulator.
- circulatory — Circulatory means relating to the circulation of blood in the body.
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.
- coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coal cutter — a machine for undercutting a coal seam
- cobalt blue — any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- coloraturas — Plural form of coloratura.
- colouration — (British spelling) alternative spelling of coloration.
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns