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11-letter words containing c, l, e, a, r, o

  • bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
  • bracteolate — having bractlets
  • brake block — the part of the brake in a train or on a bicycle that is applied to the wheel to slow the vehicle down or stop it
  • breton lace — a net lace with a design embroidered in heavy, often colored, thread.
  • broken coal — anthracite in pieces ranging from 2 1/2 to 4 inches (6.5 to 11 cm) in extreme dimension; the largest commercial size, larger than egg coal.
  • cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
  • cafe royale — black coffee, to which cognac, lemon peel, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon have been added.
  • calceolaria — any tropical American scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Calceolaria: cultivated for its speckled slipper-shaped flowers
  • calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
  • calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
  • calefactory — giving warmth
  • californite — vesuvianite jade.
  • calorimeter — an apparatus for measuring amounts of heat, esp to find specific heat capacities, calorific values, etc
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • camino real — a main road; highway.
  • campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
  • cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
  • candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
  • cape collar — a soft, wide, circular collar that covers the shoulders and the upper arms like a cape.
  • carbimazole — a drug that inhibits the synthesis of the hormone thyroxine, used in the management of hyperthyroidism
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
  • carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
  • cardholders — Plural form of cardholder.
  • careless of — indifferent to; untroubled by
  • cargo liner — a cargo ship that sails regularly between designated ports according to a published schedule.
  • cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
  • 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
  • cartoonlike — cartoonish
  • castelvetro — Lodovico [loh-duh-vee-koh;; Italian law-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌloʊ dəˈvi koʊ;; Italian ˌlɔ dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1505–71, Italian philologist and literary critic.
  • cataloguers — Plural form of cataloguer.
  • categorical — If you are categorical about something, you state your views very definitely and firmly.
  • 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.
  • cauliflower — Cauliflower is a large round vegetable that has a hard white centre surrounded by green leaves.
  • cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
  • cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
  • cavolo nero — an Italian variety of cabbage with dark green leaves
  • celebration — A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because something pleasant has happened or because it is someone's birthday or anniversary.
  • celebrators — Plural form of celebrator.
  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
  • centrosomal — Of or pertaining to a centrosome or centrosomes.
  • cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
  • ceremonials — Plural form of ceremonial.
  • ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
  • chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • chancellors — Plural form of chancellor.
  • chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
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