11-letter words containing a, c, y, l, o
- cafe royale — black coffee, to which cognac, lemon peel, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon have been added.
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calculatory — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactory — giving warmth
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- calorically — in a caloric manner
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candy floss — cotton candy.
- canonically — pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons.
- capaciously — In a capacious manner.
- cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- carcinology — the study of crustaceans
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chrysocolla — a mineral that is a silicate of copper and occurs in shades of blue or green and is reputed to have calming properties
- circulatory — Circulatory means relating to the circulation of blood in the body.
- cladophylls — Plural form of cladophyll.
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
- clamorously — full of, marked by, or of the nature of clamor.
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- climatology — the study of climate
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
- codicillary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a codicil.
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- cognizantly — In a cognizant manner.
- coilability — the ability to be coiled