12-letter words containing c, e, l, r
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
- capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
- caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
- carbamylurea — biuret.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
- carriageable — (of a road, etc) able to be travelled in a carriage
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- cattle egret — a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- cattle truck — a railway wagon designed for carrying livestock
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
- cavo-relievo — a relief sculpture in which the highest point in the carving is below the level of the original surface
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.