12-letter words containing a, n, s
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camiknickers — women's knickers attached to a camisole top
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- can of worms — a complicated problem
- canada goose — A Canada goose is a grayish-brown wild goose that comes from North America.
- canalisation — The conversion of a river or other waterway to a canal.
- canary grass — any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, esp P. canariensis, that is native to Europe and N Africa and has straw-coloured seeds used as birdseed
- cancer stick — a cigarette.
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- cankeredness — spitefulness or crabbedness
- cannabinoids — Plural form of cannabinoid.
- canned goods — tinned food produce
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
- cannibalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannibalize.
- canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
- canonisation — Alternative spelling of canonization.
- canorousness — The quality of being musical.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
- canvas chair — a chair in which the seat and back are made from canvas
- canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
- cap spinning — a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- car expenses — incidental money spent on the operation of a car during the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- caravan site — A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans.
- caravanserai — (in some Eastern countries esp formerly) a large inn enclosing a courtyard providing accommodation for caravans
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbon brush — a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbonaceous — of, resembling, or containing carbon
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
- cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.