11-letter words containing c, l, a, n, s
- client base — A business's client base is the same as its customer base.
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- cloisonnage — cloisonné work
- close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- coalescence — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collisional — of or relating to a collision or collisions
- colonialism — Colonialism is the practice by which a powerful country directly controls less powerful countries and uses their resources to increase its own power and wealth.
- colonialist — Colonialist means relating to colonialism.
- comicalness — The state or quality of being comical.
- commensally — In a commensal manner.
- common salt — salt1 (def 1).
- common seal — the official seal of a corporate body
- communalise — Alternative form of communalize.
- communalism — a system or theory of government in which the state is seen as a loose federation of self-governing communities
- communalist — An advocate of communalism.
- compensable — entitled to compensation or capable of being compensated
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- compliances — Plural form of compliance.
- conciliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conciliate.
- condensable — capable of being condensed.
- confessable — That can be confessed.
- confiscable — subject or liable to confiscation or seizure
- confusables — Plural form of confusable.
- confusional — the act of confusing.
- conirostral — (of a bird) having a bill shaped like a cone
- conservable — capable of being conserved: conservable fruits.
- consolating — Present participle of consolate.
- consolation — the act of consoling or state of being consoled; solace
- consolatory — consoling or tending to console; comforting
- consolatrix — a woman who consoles
- consolidate — If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure.
- consonantal — relating to, functioning as, or constituting a consonant, such as the semivowel w in English work
- consonantly — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). (in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Compare vowel (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
- constellate — to form into clusters in or as if in constellations
- construable — that can be construed
- consultancy — A consultancy is a company that gives expert advice on a particular subject.
- consultants — Plural form of consultant.
- consumables — goods intended to be bought, used, and replaced, esp materials needed for computers and photocopiers
- contactless — A contactless credit card or payment system uses technology that recognizes electronic data, and does not require the customer's signature or personal identification number.
- contestable — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- contraflows — Plural form of contraflow.