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17-letter words containing c, e, l

  • chlortetracycline — an antibiotic used in treating many bacterial and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. Formula: C22H23ClN2O8
  • choanoflagellates — Plural form of choanoflagellate.
  • chocolate biscuit — a biscuit covered with chocolate
  • chocolate soldier — a person who mistakenly believes that he or she is very powerful, important, or impressive
  • cholecystectomies — Plural form of cholecystectomy.
  • choreographically — As if choreographed.
  • chronological age — the number of years a person has lived, especially when used as a standard against which to measure behavior, intelligence, etc.
  • chukchi peninsula — a peninsula in the extreme NE of Russia, in NE Siberia: mainly tundra
  • church of england — The Church of England is the main church in England. It has the Queen as its head and it does not recognize the authority of the Pope.
  • churchyard beetle — a blackish nocturnal ground beetle, Blaps mucronata, found in cellars and similar places
  • cigarette lighter — A cigarette lighter is a device which produces a small flame when you press a switch and which you use to light a cigarette or cigar.
  • cinisello balsamo — a city in N Italy, near Milan.
  • cinnamic aldehyde — a yellowish oil, C 9 H 8 O, having a cinnamonlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of flavorings and perfumes.
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • circular triangle — a triangle in which each side is the arc of a circle
  • circular velocity — the velocity at which a body must move in order to maintain an orbit at the outer edge of the earth's atmosphere.
  • circumscriptively — In a circumscriptive manner.
  • circumterrestrial — surrounding or revolving about the earth.
  • citric acid cycle — Krebs cycle.
  • ciudad del carmen — a city in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche.
  • civil engineering — Civil engineering is the planning, design, and building of roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.
  • civil libertarian — a person who actively supports or works for the protection or expansion of civil liberties.
  • civil partnership — A civil partnership is a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that is similar to marriage.
  • clairaut equation — a differential equation of the form y = xy prime; + f (y prime;).
  • clare boothe luce — Clare Boothe, 1903–87, U.S. writer, politician, and diplomat.
  • class-a amplifier — an electronic amplifier in which the output current flows for the whole of the input signal cycle
  • class-b amplifier — an electronic amplifier in which the output flows for half of the input signal cycle
  • class-c amplifier — an electronic amplifier in which the output current flows for less than half of the input cycle
  • classical chinese — a written form of Chinese used from about the 5th century b.c. to 220 a.d.
  • classical college — (in Quebec) a college offering a programme that emphasizes the classics and leads to university entrance
  • classless society — a society in which class distinctions are negligible or absent
  • clear box testing — white box testing
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • clifden nonpareil — a handsome nocturnal moth, Catocala fraxini, that is brown with bluish patches on the hindwings: related to the red underwing
  • climbing accident — an accident occurring during climbing
  • clinical efficacy — Clinical efficacy is a measure of how well a treatment succeeds in achieving its aim.
  • clipperton island — an uninhabited atoll in the E Pacific SW of Mexico, under French administration. Area: 6 sq km (2.3 sq miles)
  • close corporation — a small private limited company
  • close parenthesis — right parenthesis
  • close punctuation — punctuation in which many commas, full stops, etc, are used
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • close the door on — rule out, exclude
  • close to the bone — If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something.
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • close-order drill — practice in formation marching and other movements, in the carrying of arms during formal marching, and in the formal handling of arms for ceremonies and guard.
  • closed-captioning — (of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription of speech and written descriptions of other relevant audio elements, as for the hearing-impaired, that are visible only when the option to display them is selected. Abbreviation: CC.
  • closing-down sale — a sale held to clear stock from a shop that is ceasing to operate
  • cloverleaf aerial — a type of aerial, having three or four similar coplanar loops arranged symmetrically around an axis, to which in-phase signals are fed
  • clumber (spaniel) — a short-legged spaniel with a heavy body and a thick coat of straight, white hair marked with yellow or orange
  • coal-tar creosote — impure phenol or carbolic acid, distinct from the creosote of wood tar.
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