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12-letter words containing a, n, t, e, l, c

  • botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
  • cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
  • cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
  • calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
  • calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
  • calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
  • callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
  • calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
  • calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
  • canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
  • cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
  • candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
  • carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
  • cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
  • castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
  • caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
  • catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
  • caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
  • cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
  • celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
  • celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
  • celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
  • centennially — As part of a centennial.
  • center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
  • central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
  • central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
  • central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
  • central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
  • central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
  • central-fire — center-fire.
  • centralising — Present participle of centralise.
  • centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
  • centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
  • centuplicate — to increase 100 times
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • chalcanthite — a blue secondary mineral consisting of hydrated copper sulphate in triclinic crystalline form. Formula: CuSO4.5H2O
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
  • chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
  • chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
  • cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
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