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12-letter words containing c, l, e, n

  • cancelpoodle — (messaging)   (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
  • candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
  • candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
  • candleholder — a candlestick
  • candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
  • cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
  • cannibalized — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalize.
  • cannibalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannibalize.
  • cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
  • canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
  • canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
  • canonicalize — (transitive, computing) To convert (data) into canonical form.
  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
  • caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
  • carbocholine — carbachol.
  • 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
  • cardinal red — a deep, vivid red colour
  • cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
  • carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
  • carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
  • 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
  • carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
  • cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
  • carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
  • cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
  • cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
  • castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
  • caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
  • catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
  • caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
  • cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
  • cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
  • ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
  • celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
  • celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
  • celestine ii — (Guido di Castello) flourished 12th century, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1143–44.
  • celestine iv — (Godfrey Castiglione) died 1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1241.
  • celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
  • cell lineage — the developmental history of a tissue or part of an organism from particular cells in the fertilized egg or embryo through to their fully differentiated state
  • cement steel — steel produced by the cementation of wrought iron or mild steel.
  • censoriously — In a censorious manner.
  • centennially — As part of a centennial.
  • center field — the middle area of the outfield
  • center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
  • center wheel — the wheel driving the minute and hour hands of a timepiece.
  • centillionth — (in Britain and Germany) a number equal to 10–600
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