10-letter words containing a, c, u, l
- buchenwald — a village in E central Germany, near Weimar; site of a Nazi concentration camp (1937–45)
- bulbaceous — bulbous
- bulk cargo — unpackaged cargoes, such as grain or coal
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calcaneous — Misspelling of calcaneus.
- calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- calculable — Calculable amounts or consequences can be calculated.
- calculated — If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
- calculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calculate.
- calculator — A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- call house — a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
- callathump — a shivaree.
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- calyculate — having a calycule
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- campanular — shaped like a bell
- canaliculi — a small canal or tubular passage, as in bone.
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- capillatus — (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having a cirriform upper portion that resembles an anvil or a disorderly mass of hair.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- capsulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsulize.
- captiously — In a captious manner.