12-letter words containing c, a, l
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bowel cancer — cancer of the colon
- box lacrosse — a form of lacrosse played indoors, usually on a hockey rink with a wooden floor, between two teams of six players.
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
- branch plant — a plant or factory in Canada belonging to a company whose headquarters are in another country
- brass-collar — unwaveringly faithful to a political party; voting the straight ticket: a brass-collar Democrat.
- breechloader — any gun loaded at the breech
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
- bullock cart — a cart pulled by one or two bullocks
- c'est la vie — that's life
- cabalistical — cabalistic
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-laying — involved in or connected to the activity of laying cables
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cabriole leg — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- cacophonical — cacophonous
- cactoblastis — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum of South America, that was introduced into Australia to act as a biological control on the prickly pear
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- caesar salad — Caesar salad is a type of salad containing lettuce, eggs, cheese, and small pieces of fried bread, served with a dressing of oil, vinegar, and herbs.
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- calabar bean — the dark brown very poisonous seed of a leguminous woody climbing plant, Physostigma venenosum, of tropical Africa, used as a source of the drug physostigmine
- calabrasella — a card game for three persons that is played with a 40-card pack made by removing the eights, nines, and tens from a regular 52-card pack.
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
- calculatable — Able to be calculated; calculable.
- calculatedly — in a calculated manner
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calcutta cup — a trophy competed for annually by England and Scotland since 1879
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- calendar art — a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.
- calendar day — the period from one midnight to the following midnight.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- caliginosity — darkness
- caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- calixtus iii — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- call collect — If you call collect when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you.