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11-letter words containing c, e, l, r

  • chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
  • chandlering — the work of a chandler
  • chanterelle — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae
  • chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
  • charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
  • chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
  • charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
  • charles iii — known as Charles the Fat. 839–888 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (881–887) and, as Charles II, king of France (884–887). He briefly reunited the empire of Charlemagne
  • 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 xii — 1682–1718, king of Sweden (1697–1718), who inflicted defeats on Denmark, Russia, and Poland during the Great Northern War (1700–21)
  • charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
  • charlestown — oldest part of Boston, at the mouth of the Charles River: site of the battle of Bunker Hill
  • charmlessly — in a charmless manner
  • cheerfuller — Comparative form of cheerful.
  • cheerleader — A cheerleader is one of the people who leads the crowd in cheering at a large public event, especially a sports event.
  • cheerlessly — In a cheerless manner.
  • chelicerate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chelicerata, a subphylum of arthropods, including arachnids and the horseshoe crab, in which the first pair of limbs are modified as chelicerae
  • cheliferous — bearing chelae
  • chemoreflex — a reflex caused by a chemical stimulus.
  • cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
  • cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
  • cherry hill — city in SW N.J., east of Camden: pop. 70,000
  • cherry plum — a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit
  • chessplayer — a player of chess
  • child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
  • childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
  • chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.
  • chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
  • chilipepper — an edible, crimson rockfish, Sebastes goodei, of coastal waters off California.
  • chip slicer — a machine or tool for cutting chips
  • chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
  • chloracetic — an acid made by chlorinating acetic acid
  • chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
  • chlordecone — a highly toxic pesticide, C 10 H 10 O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
  • chlorimeter — a device used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
  • chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
  • chlorine 36 — the radioactive isotope of chlorine having a mass number 36 and a half-life of about 440,000 years, used chiefly as a tracer.
  • chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
  • chloroprene — a colourless liquid derivative of butadiene that is used in making neoprene rubbers; 2-chloro-1,2-butadiene. Formula: CH2:CHCCl:CH2
  • chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
  • chlorphenol — chlorophenol.
  • chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
  • cholesteric — resulting from the reaction of nitric acid and cholesterin and producing cholesterates
  • cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
  • cholesterol — Cholesterol is a substance that exists in the fat, tissues, and blood of all animals. Too much cholesterol in a person's blood can cause heart disease.
  • cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
  • chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
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