11-letter words containing c, l, a, p, t
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- capillarity — a phenomenon caused by surface tension and resulting in the distortion, elevation, or depression of the surface of a liquid in contact with a solid
- capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
- capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
- capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalists — Plural form of capitalist.
- capitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of capitalize.
- capitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalize.
- capitellate — (botany) Having a very small knob-like termination, or collected into minute capitula.
- capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
- capitulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate.
- cappelletti — small squares of pasta containing a savoury mixture of meat, cheese, or vegetables
- caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- carpet plot — the graphed values of a function of more than one variable, read from an ordinate at points located by the intersection of curves of constant values of each of the variables
- carpet tile — a tile made of carpeting material that is used for flooring.
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- castle peak — highest peak in the Elk Mountain range, in W central Colorado. 14,265 feet (4352 meters).
- cataplectic — Pathology. a condition characterized by sudden, brief attacks of muscle weakness sometimes causing the body to fall helplessly, that is usually triggered by strong emotion: often associated with narcolepsy.
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- caterpillar — A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.
- caterpiller — Archaic spelling of caterpillar.
- cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
- cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
- chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
- coast pilot — Also called pilot. a manual published by a government for mariners, containing descriptions of coastal waters, harbor facilities, etc., for a specific area.
- cocos plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the oceanic Guatemala Basin, and bounded on the north and east by the Central American Trench, on the west by the East Pacific Rise, and on the south by the Nazca Plate.