11-letter words containing a, l, c, e
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
- cocos plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the oceanic Guatemala Basin, and bounded on the north and east by the Central American Trench, on the west by the East Pacific Rise, and on the south by the Nazca Plate.
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold cellar — root cellar.
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- coleopteral — of or relating to the Coleoptera
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleorhizae — Plural form of coleorhiza.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
- collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- collapsable — capable of collapsing or of being collapsed, as for carrying or storing.
- collapsible — A collapsible object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used.
- collar cell — choanocyte.
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collaterals — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- collectable — A collectable object is one which is valued very highly by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
- collectanea — a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
- collegially — collegiate.
- collegiates — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- colleterial — relating to a glandular organ (colleterium) in some insects
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- colliquable — capable of dissolving
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- colonialize — to make colonial
- colonizable — Capable of being colonized.
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- coloradoite — a mineral, mercury telluride, HgTe, occurring in the form of grayish-black masses.
- colorbearer — a person who carries the colors or standard, especially of a military body. Compare guidon (def 2).
- colorcaster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- combatively — In a combative way.
- come-all-ye — a street ballad or folk song
- comedically — from a comedic point of view or in a comedic manner
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- comicalness — The state or quality of being comical.
- commandable — able to be commanded
- commendable — If you describe someone's behaviour as commendable, you approve of it or are praising it.
- commendably — worthy of praise: She did a commendable job of informing all the interested parties.
- commensally — In a commensal manner.
- commentable — a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.