12-letter words containing a, l, e, s, n
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chinese leaf — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
- chinese wall — a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients
- circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- clannishness — of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clean-shaven — If a man is clean-shaven, he does not have a beard or a moustache.
- 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.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- close season — In football and some other sports, the close season is the period of the year when the sport is not played professionally.
- close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- collagenases — Plural form of collagenase.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- colonialised — to make colonial.
- colonialness — the quality of being colonial
- commensalism — a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- common pleas — in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials
- commonalties — Plural form of commonalty.
- commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- concealments — Plural form of concealment.
- concessional — concessionary
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- confessional — A confessional is the small room in a church where Christians, especially Roman Catholics, go to confess their sins.
- congelations — Plural form of congelation.
- conscionable — acceptable to one's conscience
- consensually — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- considerable — Considerable means great in amount or degree.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- console game — a video game requiring the use of a games console
- consolidated — consolidated (def 2).
- consolidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consolidate.
- constellated — Simple past tense and past participle of constellate.
- constellates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constellate.
- consultative — A consultative committee or document gives advice or makes proposals about a particular problem or subject.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contact lens — Contact lenses are small plastic lenses that you put on the surface of your eyes to help you see better, instead of wearing glasses.