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12-letter words containing c, a, o

  • cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
  • cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
  • circulations — Plural form of circulation.
  • circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
  • circumocular — surrounding the eye.
  • circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
  • circumrotate — to turn like a wheel; rotate
  • cirrostratus — a uniform layer of cloud above about 6000 metres (20 000 feet)
  • city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
  • ciudad ojeda — a city in NW Venezuela, on Lake Maracaibo.
  • civilisation — Alternative spelling of civilization.
  • civilization — Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
  • cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
  • claims ratio — The claims ratio is the percentage of claims costs incurred in relation to the premiums earned.
  • clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
  • clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
  • clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
  • clams casino — broiled clams topped with garlic butter, bacon, bread crumbs, etc. and served in their bottom shells
  • clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
  • clap eyes on — to catch sight of
  • clap hold of — to grasp suddenly or forcibly
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • clara barton — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
  • 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.
  • class method — (programming)   1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
  • class object — (programming)   In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • 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)
  • clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • 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
  • cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
  • cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
  • clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
  • clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
  • close season — In football and some other sports, the close season is the period of the year when the sport is not played professionally.
  • close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
  • close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
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