12-letter words containing c, e, t, o, l
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- blastocoelic — of or relating to the blastocoel
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
- block letter — a plain capital letter
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- borscht belt — (sometimes initial capital letters) the hotels of the predominantly Jewish resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment.
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- butter cloth — a type of open, unsized muslin
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- call collect — If you call collect when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you.
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
- capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- 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.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
- celtic cross — a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection
- centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600