7-letter words containing c, l, a
- callins — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- callose — a carbohydrate, a polymer of glucose, found in plants, esp in the sieve tubes
- callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
- callout — (communication) Outward bound telephone calls.
- callows — Plural form of callow.
- calluna — a low-growing evergreen Eurasian ericaceous shrub, Calluna vulgaris
- calmant — a calmative
- calmers — Plural form of calmer.
- calmest — without rough motion; still or nearly still: a calm sea.
- calmeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calm.
- calming — soothing; tranquillizing
- calomel — a colourless tasteless powder consisting chiefly of mercurous chloride, used medicinally, esp as a cathartic. Formula: Hg2Cl2
- caloric — Caloric means relating to calories.
- calorie — Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories.
- calotte — a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
- caloyer — a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order
- calpack — A kind of cap from Turkic countries, with a high crown.
- calpacs — Plural form of calpac.
- calpain — any of various enzymes in mammals and other organisms that are involved in the proteolysis of endogenous proteins and are regulated by the concentration of calcium ions
- caltech — the California Institute of Technology
- caltrap — Archaic form of caltrop.
- caltrop — any tropical or subtropical plant of the zygophyllaceous genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia that have spiny burs or bracts
- calumba — the root of the Mozambiquan plant Jateorhiza columba, used as an aid to digestion and as a mild tonic
- calumet — a long-stemmed ceremonial pipe, smoked by North American Indians as a token of peace, at sacrifices, etc.
- calumny — Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
- calvary — a representation of Christ's crucifixion, usually sculptured and in the open air
- calvert — Sir George, 1st Baron Baltimore. ?1580–1632, English statesman; founder of the colony of Maryland
- calving — to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
- calvino — Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)
- calvous — lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
- calyces — calyx
- calycle — a cup-shaped structure, as in the coral skeleton
- calydon — ancient city in S Aetolia, central Greece
- calypso — A calypso is a song about a current subject, sung in a style which originally comes from the West Indies.
- calyxes — Botany. the outermost group of floral parts; the sepals.
- calzone — a dish of Italian origin consisting of pizza dough folded over a filling of cheese and tomatoes, herbs, ham, etc
- cambelt — Part of an internal combustion engine that synchronizes the rotation of the crankshaft and the camshaft(s) so that the engine's valves open and close at the proper times during each cylinder's intake and exhaust strokes.
- cambial — a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem, which produces new phloem on the outside and new xylem on the inside in stems, roots, etc., originating all secondary growth in plants and forming the annual rings of wood.
- cambrel — gambrel.
- camelid — of or relating to camels
- camelot — (in Arthurian legend) the English town where King Arthur's palace and court were situated
- camelry — the part of an army composed of troops mounted on camels
- cameral — of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber
- camilla — Roman Legend. a woman warrior who fought on the side of Turnus against Aeneas.
- camille — a feminine name
- camphol — borneol
- campily — in a campy manner
- cancell — Obsolete spelling of cancel.
- cancels — Plural form of cancel.
- candela — the basic SI unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of (1⁄683) watt per steradian