12-letter words containing c, l, a, r
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- cam follower — the slider or roller in contact with the cam that transmits the movement dictated by the cam profile
- camel's hair — the hair of the camel
- camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
- camphor ball — mothball
- cancellarial — relating to a chancellor
- candleholder — a candlestick
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
- capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
- carbamylurea — biuret.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon black — a black finely divided form of amorphous carbon produced by incomplete combustion of natural gas or petroleum: used to reinforce rubber and in the manufacture of pigments and ink
- carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
- cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
- cardinal sin — If you describe an action as a cardinal sin, you are indicating that some people strongly disapprove of it.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
- carload rate — a special low rate for shipment by carloads
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor