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11-letter words containing c, l, a, s

  • biblioclasm — a person who mutilates or destroys books.
  • biblioclast — One who destroys books, especially the Bible.
  • bicephalous — having two heads
  • biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
  • biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
  • biosocially — from a biosocial point of view
  • bisectional — relating to division into two equal parts
  • black angus — Aberdeen Angus
  • black frost — a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
  • black goods — electronic goods which are housed in black or dark casings, such as televisions, CD players, etc
  • black hills — a group of mountains in W South Dakota and NE Wyoming: famous for the gigantic sculptures of US presidents on the side of Mount Rushmore. Highest peak: Harney Peak, 2207 m (7242 ft)
  • black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
  • black shank — a disease of tobacco, characterized by wilting and by decayed, blackened roots and stems, caused by a fungus, Phytophthora parasitica nicotianae.
  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • black shirt — a member of any fascist organization (specif., the former Italian Fascist party) with a black-shirted uniform
  • black stump — a long way off
  • blacklister — someone who blacklists
  • blastematic — blastemal
  • blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
  • blastocoele — the segmentation cavity of a developing ovum or of the blastula
  • bodaciously — in a bodacious manner
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • bursiculate — resembling a pouch
  • cabbalistic — cabala.
  • cabin class — a class of accommodation on a passenger ship between first class and tourist class
  • cablevision — cable television.
  • cacomistles — Plural form of cacomistle.
  • cadastrally — from a cadastral point of view
  • caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
  • calamondins — Plural form of calamondin.
  • calc-sinter — travertine
  • calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
  • calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
  • calculators — Plural form of calculator.
  • calendarise — apportion (eg budget) to equal units of time (usually months) within a year
  • calendarist — a person who calendarizes
  • calico bass — crappie
  • calico bush — mountain laurel
  • calisthenic — Of, or relating to calisthenics.
  • calixtus ii — died 1124, French ecclesiastic: pope 1119–24.
  • callanetics — a system of exercise involving frequent repetition of small muscular movements and squeezes, designed to improve muscle tone
  • callicrates — 5th century bc, Greek architect: with Ictinus, designed the Parthenon
  • callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
  • callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
  • callistus i — Calixtus I.
  • callousness — made hard; hardened.
  • calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
  • calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
  • calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
  • calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
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