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11-letter words containing a, o, l

  • copperplate — a polished copper plate on which a design has been etched or engraved
  • coprincipal — a joint principal
  • coprolagnia — sexual arousal that is produced by the thought or sight of feces.
  • coprolaliac — of or relating to coprolalia
  • coprophilia — an abnormal interest in faeces and their evacuation
  • cor anglais — a woodwind instrument, the alto of the oboe family. It is a transposing instrument in F. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from E on the third space of the bass staff
  • coral bells — a perennial, ornamental alumroot (Heuchera sanguinea) native to SW North America, with racemes of drooping pink or white flowers
  • coral plant — a South American tree, Jatropha multifida, of the spurge family, having showy, scarlet flowers.
  • coral snake — any venomous elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera, of tropical and subtropical America, marked with red, black, yellow, and white transverse bands
  • coral trout — an Australian fish, Plectropomus maculatus, of the Great Barrier Reef which is an important food fish
  • coralliform — resembling coral in shape
  • coralloidal — coralloid
  • corbel arch — a construction like an arch but composed of masonry courses corbeled until they meet.
  • corbiculate — having corbiculae or pollen baskets
  • cordialness — The state or quality of being cordial.
  • cordilleran — a mountain system in W South America: the Andes and its component ranges.
  • cordilleras — mountain system of W North America, including all mountains between the E Rockies & the Pacific coast
  • core barrel — (in a core drill) a length of pipe for holding rock cores while they are being extracted from the drill hole.
  • corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
  • corner flag — a flag placed on a short pole marking a corner of a football pitch
  • corniculate — having horns or hornlike projections
  • corollaries — Plural form of corollary.
  • corporality — the state or quality of being material or having a body; bodily existence or substance
  • corporately — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
  • corporeally — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
  • corpuscular — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
  • correctable — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
  • correlating — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
  • correlation — A correlation between things is a connection or link between them.
  • correlative — If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it.
  • corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
  • cotton lace — machine-made lace made from cotton
  • cottontails — Plural form of cottontail.
  • cotylosaurs — Plural form of cotylosaur.
  • council tax — In Britain, council tax is a tax that you pay to your local authority in order to pay for local services such as schools, libraries, and rubbish collection. The amount of council tax that you pay depends on the value of the house or flat where you live.
  • counterplan — an opposing plan
  • counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
  • counterplea — a reply to a plea
  • counterseal — a smaller seal on the reverse of the main seal
  • countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
  • cover glass — a thin square of mounted glass used to protect a photographic slide
  • cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
  • cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • cowardliest — Superlative form of cowardly.
  • coxcombical — of or resembling the characteristic nature of a coxcomb
  • crab-plover — a black and white wading bird, Dromas ardeola, of the northern and western shores of the Indian Ocean.
  • cradle roof — a roof having trusses the undersides of which form an arch.
  • cradleboard — a wooden frame worn on the back, used by North American Indian women for carrying an infant.
  • cram school — a private institution, especially in East Asia, that uses an accelerated curriculum to prepare students for university entrance exams.
  • crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
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