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13-letter words containing c, l, a, n, d

  • candleberries — Plural form of candleberry.
  • candleholders — Plural form of candleholder.
  • candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
  • candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
  • candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
  • cap and bells — the traditional garb of a court jester, including a cap with bells attached to it
  • capello index — a player rating website backed by Fabio Capello in which marks are awarded to football players in the top teams according to their performance in key skills of the game
  • carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
  • card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • cardinal sign — any of the four astrological signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn, that begin at the equinoxes and solstices, thus marking the beginning of the seasons: characterized by the attribute of strong initiative.
  • cardinalitial — relating to a cardinal or cardinalship
  • cardinalities — Plural form of cardinality.
  • cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
  • cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
  • central india — a former political agency in central India uniting various native states and subordinate agencies: now incorporated into Madhya Pradesh.
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • child rearing — the activity of rearing children
  • child-bearing — the act or process of carrying and giving birth to a child
  • childrenswear — clothing for children
  • chiloe island — an island administered by Chile, off the W coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean: timber. Pop: 154 775 (2002, Chiloé province). Area: 8394 sq km (3240 sq miles)
  • chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
  • claddagh ring — any of various elaborately designed rings, esp one in the shape of two hands embracing a heart, given as a token of lasting affection
  • clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
  • clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
  • clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
  • clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
  • clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
  • clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
  • cleaning lady — A cleaning lady is a woman who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
  • cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
  • clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
  • clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
  • close at hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
  • close-at-hand — lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • closed season — The closed season is the period of the year when it is prohibited to kill certain types of animal or fish.
  • closed stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is positioned closer to the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
  • club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • cocos islands — a group of 27 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Java: a Territory of Australia since 1955. Pop: 596 (2010). Area: 13 sq km (5 sq miles)
  • code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
  • codeclination — the astronomical coordinate complementary to the declination
  • coeducational — A coeducational school, college, or university is attended by both boys and girls.
  • coeur d'alene — a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
  • compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
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