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10-letter words containing c, l, e, a, n

  • calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
  • calescence — an increasing heat
  • call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
  • call names — to speak of or to in an abusive manner
  • calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
  • callowness — immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.
  • calumniate — to slander
  • camel spin — camel (def 3).
  • camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
  • campanella — Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole
  • campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
  • can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
  • canal zone — a former administrative region of the US, on the Isthmus of Panama around the Panama Canal: bordered on each side by the Republic of Panama, into which it was incorporated in 1979
  • cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
  • cancelable — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
  • cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
  • cancellate — having a spongy or porous internal structure
  • cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
  • cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
  • candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
  • candelilla — either of two wax-coated Mexican shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis (or bracteatus)
  • candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
  • candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
  • candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
  • candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
  • candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
  • candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
  • canefields — Plural form of canefield.
  • cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
  • cannellini — a cannellini bean
  • cannelloni — Cannelloni is large tube-shaped pieces of pasta that contain a filling of meat, cheese, or vegetables.
  • cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
  • cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
  • cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
  • cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
  • cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
  • cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
  • cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
  • canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
  • cantilenas — Plural form of cantilena.
  • cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
  • cantillate — to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody
  • canvaslike — resembling canvas
  • cape blanc — a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa
  • capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
  • capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
  • carbondale — a city in SW Illinois.
  • carbonless — containing no carbon
  • carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
  • carbuncles — Plural form of carbuncle.
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