12-letter words containing b, c, l
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- cell biology — the study of the biology of cells
- central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
- cetatea albă — Romanian name of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- channel back — an upholstered chair or sofa back having deep vertical grooves.
- channel bass — red drum.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- checkerbloom — a Californian malvaceous plant, Sidalcea malvaeflora, with pink or purple flowers
- chenin blanc — a white grape grown in the Loire region of France and in South Africa, California, New Zealand, and elsewhere, used for making wine
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chlorambucil — an alkylating drug derived from nitrogen mustard, administered orally in the treatment of leukaemia and other malignant diseases. Formula: C14H19Cl2NO2
- chlorocarbon — a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
- chord symbol — any of a series of letters and numerals, used as a shorthand indication of chords, esp in jazz, folk, or pop music
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
- circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
- clara barton — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
- class object — (programming) In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
- classifiable — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
- clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
- cleanability — the ability to be cleaned
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- click beetle — any beetle of the family Elateridae, which have the ability to right themselves with a snapping movement when placed on their backs
- clickability — (computing) The quality of being clickable, of causing a particular action when clicked.
- climbingfish — climbing perch.
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- club culture — the practice of protecting the reputation of one's workforce in the face of criticism, above all other considerations
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.