12-letter words containing c, a, n, t, i
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- cancer stick — a cigarette.
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- canonisation — Alternative spelling of canonization.
- canonization — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
- cantabrigian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- cantillation — the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- capacitating — Present participle of capacitate.
- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- capital gain — the amount by which the selling price of a financial asset exceeds its cost
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- capitalizing — Present participle of capitalize.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- captain jack — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- caravan site — A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans.
- carbocations — Plural form of carbocation.
- carbonatites — Plural form of carbonatite.
- cardan joint — type of universal joint
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- castigations — Plural form of castigation.
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- catamountain — any of several wildcats, esp. the leopard or the European wildcat
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- cater-cousin — a close friend
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- catherine ii — known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts
- catilinarian — pertaining to or resembling Catiline.
- cationically — in a cationic manner