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11-letter words containing a, o, l

  • clock in at — If something such as a CD or film clocks in at a particular amount of time, it is that amount of time long.
  • clock radio — a radio combined with an alarm clock in a compact cabinet, the clock serving as a timer to turn the radio on or off at a preset time.
  • clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
  • clock-radio — a device combining the functions of a radio and alarm clock which can be used to play the radio at a set time
  • cloisonnage — cloisonné work
  • clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
  • close brace — right brace
  • close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
  • close reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
  • close shave — a narrow escape
  • closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
  • closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
  • closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
  • clostridial — any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
  • cloth-eared — deaf
  • clotrimazol — Alternative form of clotrimazole.
  • cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
  • cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
  • cloud-based — Cloud-based technology allows you to use programs and information that are stored on the Internet rather than on your own computer.
  • cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
  • cloxacillin — a semisynthetic penicillin used to treat staphylococcal infections due to penicillin-resistant organisms
  • cluj-napoca — city in Transylvania, NW Romania: pop. 322,000
  • cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
  • co-location — (networking)   /koh'loh-kay`sh*n/ or /koh`loh-kay'sh*n/ (Or "colocation") Providing network connections such as Internet leased lines to several servers housed together in a server room. This is typically provided as a commercial service. The hyphenated form is correct and the most common on the web, followed by "colocation". "collocation" (/ko`loh-kay'sh*n/, not /koh'-/), is an old word with a similar meaning. It is common in dictionaries and follows the pattern of other Latin-derived words like collect, college, and collate, but is least common on the web. The verbal form is "to colocate" or "co-locate" (commonly /koh'loh`kayt/, also (US) /koh`loh'kayt/).
  • co-relation — correlation
  • coach class — the US and Canad. name for economy class
  • coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
  • coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.
  • coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
  • coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
  • coal cellar — an underground room used for the storage of coal
  • coal cutter — a machine for undercutting a coal seam
  • coal heaver — a workman who moves coal
  • coal mining — the act, process, or industry of extracting coal from the earth
  • coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
  • coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
  • coalignment — Alignment together.
  • coalitional — a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.
  • coast pilot — Also called pilot. a manual published by a government for mariners, containing descriptions of coastal waters, harbor facilities, etc., for a specific area.
  • coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
  • coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
  • cobalt blue — any greenish-blue pigment containing cobalt aluminate, usually made by heating cobaltous sulphate, aluminium oxide, and phosphoric acid together
  • cobalt bomb — a cobalt-60 device used in radiotherapy
  • cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
  • cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
  • cockleboats — Plural form of cockleboat.
  • cocktailing — any of various short mixed drinks, consisting typically of gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, or brandy, with different admixtures, as vermouth, fruit juices, or flavorings, usually chilled and frequently sweetened.
  • cocos plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the oceanic Guatemala Basin, and bounded on the north and east by the Central American Trench, on the west by the East Pacific Rise, and on the south by the Nazca Plate.
  • cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
  • codicillary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a codicil.
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