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

  • chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
  • chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
  • china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
  • chinese leaf — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
  • chinese wall — a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients
  • chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
  • chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
  • chlorination — Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
  • chlorocarbon — a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
  • chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
  • chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell
  • chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
  • churchillian — relating to, typical of or reminiscent of Winston Churchill
  • cip language — language> (CIP-L, Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming Language) A wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL- and Pascal-like variants.
  • circularness — The state or quality of being circular.
  • circulations — Plural form of circulation.
  • civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
  • civilisation — Alternative spelling of civilization.
  • civilization — Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
  • clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
  • clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
  • clams casino — broiled clams topped with garlic butter, bacon, bread crumbs, etc. and served in their bottom shells
  • clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
  • clannishness — of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
  • clap eyes on — to catch sight of
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clara barton — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
  • clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
  • clarion call — A clarion call is a strong and emotional appeal to people to do something.
  • class action — A class action is a legal case brought by a group of people rather than an individual.
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • claudication — limping; lameness
  • claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
  • claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
  • clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
  • clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
  • clean a room — If you clean a room, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
  • clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
  • clean eating — the practice of following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
  • clean energy — energy, as electricity or nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.
  • clean-handed — free from wrongdoing; guiltless.
  • clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
  • clean-living — having a wholesome lifestyle
  • clean-shaven — If a man is clean-shaven, he does not have a beard or a moustache.
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