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11-letter words containing c, l, a, d, e

  • barefacedly — In a barefaced manner.
  • belly dance — a sensuous and provocative dance of Middle Eastern origin, performed by women, with undulating movements of the hips and abdomen
  • bidialectal — fluent in two dialects of a language
  • binucleated — having two nuclei
  • black alder — a deciduous shrub (Ilex verticillata) of the holly family, native to E North America, with glossy leaves that turn black in the fall and bright-red berries
  • black bread — a kind of very dark coarse rye bread
  • black death — a deadly disease, probably bubonic plague, which devastated Europe and Asia in the 14th cent.
  • black medic — a widespread weedy annual plant (Medicago lupulina) of the pea family, with small yellow flowers and black seed pods, sometimes grown for forage
  • blackballed — to vote against (a candidate, applicant, etc.).
  • blackbirder — a person or vessel involved in the capture and transportation of slaves
  • blackhander — a member of a Black Hand group
  • block trade — the purchase and sale of blocks of securities through brokers, sometimes not members of an exchange, who negotiate between buyers and sellers.
  • blonde lace — a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
  • blood-caked — caked with blood
  • bubble card — blister pack.
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • cable modem — (communications, hardware)   A type of modem that allows people to access the Internet via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 kbps or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the bandwidth or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: DOCSIS.
  • cable-ready — (of a television or VCR) able to receive cable television directly, without the need for special reception or decoding equipment.
  • cadet cloth — a heavy woolen cloth of double-cloth construction and bluish-gray color, used especially for uniforms at military schools.
  • cadwallader — a male given name.
  • calendaring — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendarist — a person who calendarizes
  • calendarize — to apportion (e.g. a budget) into equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendering — a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
  • calendrical — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • camouflaged — concealed or disguised
  • cancellated — Anatomy. of spongy or porous structure, as bone.
  • candelabras — Plural form of candelabra.
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • candle-foot — foot-candle
  • candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
  • candleflame — Flame of a candle.
  • candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
  • candlemaker — Someone who makes candles; candler.
  • candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
  • candlestand — a slender stand or table, often with a tripod base, for holding a candlestick or candelabrum.
  • candlestick — A candlestick is a narrow object with a hole at the top which holds a candle.
  • candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
  • capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • capitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of capitalize.
  • capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
  • caramelized — Simple past tense and past participle of caramelize.
  • cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
  • cardinalate — the rank, office, or term of office of a cardinal
  • cartwheeled — Simple past tense and past participle of cartwheel.
  • castellated — A castellated wall or building looks like a castle.
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