12-letter words containing c, i, t, e
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- book society — book club.
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- 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.
- bouncing bet — a perennial soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) with clusters of pinkish flowers
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- breech birth — birth of a baby with the feet or buttocks appearing first
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- buck private — a common soldier
- bureaucratic — Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays.
- butter icing — a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
- by my certie — assuredly
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- c beautifier — (cb) A Unix tool for reformatting C source code.
- c'est la vie — that's life
- cabinet wine — cabinet (def 10).
- cabinet-wine — a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items: a curio cabinet; a file cabinet.
- cabinetmaker — A cabinetmaker is a person who makes high-quality wooden furniture.
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- cafe curtain — a short curtain suspended directly downward from a series of rings sliding on a horizontal rod so as to cover the lower and sometimes upper portions of a window.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- cancer stick — a cigarette.
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.