11-letter words containing a, n, c, o, l
- baronetical — pertaining to baronets
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- bethanechol — a substance, C 7 H 17 ClN 2 O 2 , used to treat urinary retention, especially postoperatively.
- bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
- black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- blogjacking — the use of another person’s blog without his or her consent, esp for malicious or satirical purposes
- blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
- 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.
- 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
- breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
- broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
- cablevision — cable television.
- calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
- calcination — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- calefaction — the act of heating
- 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.
- 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.)
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- call option — an option to buy a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified period
- callousness — made hard; hardened.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- 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
- camino real — a main road; highway.
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- cancelation — an act of canceling.
- cancelmoose — (messaging) A semi-mythical being that cancels Usenet articles posted by others. (In general, an article can only be cancelled by its original author.) The Cancelmoose's usual target is spam or extremely excessive cross-posting. Some believe that the Cancelmoose exists only in the same mythic sense that B1FF, the NSA line eater and Shub Internet exist; others consider Cancelmoose's historicity to be closer to that of Kibo. The latter group assume that the real Cancelmoose is not one person (or moose), but instead is a cabal of NNTP wonks. However, the Cancelmoose is probably real, seeing as how it has its own website.
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candle-foot — foot-candle
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- candy floss — cotton candy.
- cannabidiol — (organic compound) A non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
- cannel coal — a dull coal having a high volatile content and burning with a smoky luminous flame
- cannon-ball — a missile, usually round and made of iron or steel, designed to be fired from a cannon.
- cannonballs — Plural form of cannonball.
- cannulation — a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.