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11-letter words containing a, l, i, n, c

  • bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
  • black cumin — a Eurasian herb, Nigella sativa, having pungent aromatic seeds used as a spice, but unrelated to cumin.
  • blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
  • bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
  • bobbin lace — lace made with bobbins rather than with needle and thread (needlepoint lace); pillow lace
  • bolt-action — (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
  • boring clam — piddock
  • botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
  • brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
  • brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
  • brain coral — a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • cabin class — a class of accommodation on a passenger ship between first class and tourist class
  • cablevision — cable television.
  • caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
  • cakewalking — Present participle of cakewalk.
  • calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
  • calc-sinter — travertine
  • calcimining — Present participle of calcimine.
  • calcination — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
  • calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
  • calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
  • calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
  • calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
  • calefacient — causing warmth
  • calefaction — the act of heating
  • calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendarist — a person who calendarizes
  • calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  • calendrical — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • californian — of or relating to California or its inhabitants
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • call option — an option to buy a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified period
  • call-in pay — payment made to employees who report for work and find there is no work for them to do.
  • callanetics — a system of exercise involving frequent repetition of small muscular movements and squeezes, designed to improve muscle tone
  • callipygian — having beautifully shaped buttocks
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
  • calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
  • camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
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