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11-letter words containing c, a, n, l, r

  • baronetical — pertaining to baronets
  • basicranial — of or relating to the base of the skull
  • binary cell — an electronic element that can assume either of two stable states and is capable of storing a binary digit.
  • binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
  • birth canal — the passageway down which the fetus passes during birth
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • block grant — (in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing
  • boring clam — piddock
  • brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
  • brain child — a product of one's creative work or thought.
  • brain coral — a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
  • branch line — A branch line is a railway line that goes to small towns rather than one that goes between large cities.
  • branch wilt — a disease of walnut trees, characterized by sudden wilting of the leaves, and cankers and discoloration of the bark and branches, caused by a fungus, Hendersonula toruloidea.
  • breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
  • bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
  • broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • calc-sinter — travertine
  • calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
  • calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
  • calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendarist — a person who calendarizes
  • calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  • calendrical — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
  • calibrating — Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.
  • calibration — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
  • californian — of or relating to California or its inhabitants
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
  • call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
  • call center — A call center is an office where people work answering or making telephone calls for a particular company.
  • call centre — A call centre is an office where people work answering or making telephone calls for a particular company.
  • call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
  • calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • camel train — a series of camels tied in single file, used to transport goods or passengers
  • camino real — a main road; highway.
  • canal barge — a long narrow boat used on canals, esp for carrying freight
  • canalicular — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a canaliculus.
  • cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
  • candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
  • cantharidal — relating to or made of cantharides
  • cantilevers — Plural form of cantilever.
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