11-letter words containing c, a, l, v
- charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- check valve — a valve that closes by fluid pressure to prevent return flow
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
- civilianize — to change the status of (an armed force, a base, etc) from military to nonmilitary
- clack valve — a simple nonreturn valve using either a hinged flap or a ball
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- cleanshaven — having all the hairs shaved off
- clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
- close shave — a narrow escape
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coal heaver — a workman who moves coal
- coatesville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- cocultivate — to cultivate jointly
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- combatively — In a combative way.
- conceivable — If something is conceivable, you can imagine it or believe it.
- conceivably — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- conservable — capable of being conserved: conservable fruits.
- contrivable — Capable of being contrived, invented, or devised.
- convalesced — Simple past tense and past participle of convalesce.
- conventuals — Plural form of conventual.
- conversable — easy or pleasant to talk to
- convictable — to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
- convivially — friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
- convulsants — Plural form of convulsant.
- corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
- correlative — If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it.
- 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
- cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- crab-plover — a black and white wading bird, Dromas ardeola, of the northern and western shores of the Indian Ocean.
- cross vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- cruciverbal — of or relating to crosswords
- culminative — (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.
- cultivating — Present participle of cultivate.
- cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
- curvilinear — consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
- declarative — making a statement or assertion
- deliverance — Deliverance is rescue from imprisonment, danger, or evil.
- devocalized — Simple past tense and past participle of devocalize.