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10-letter words containing c, l, e, r

  • bur clover — any of several Eurasian legumes of the genus Medicago, as M. hispida, having yellow flowers and prickly, coiled, black pods, naturalized in North America.
  • burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
  • cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
  • cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
  • cadwalader — 7th century ad, legendary king of the Britons, probably a confusion of several historical figures
  • caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
  • cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
  • calamander — the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae
  • calaverite — a metallic pale yellow mineral consisting of a telluride of gold in the form of elongated striated crystals. It is a source of gold in Australia and North America. Formula: AuTe2
  • calcareous — of, containing, or resembling calcium carbonate; chalky
  • calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
  • calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
  • calciminer — A person who calcimines.
  • calcitrate — (formal, ambitransitive) To kick.
  • calcsinter — travertine.
  • calderdale — a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 193 200 (2003 est). Area: 364 sq km (140 sq miles)
  • calefactor — a heater
  • calendared — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
  • calendarer — a person who calendars
  • calendered — Simple past tense and past participle of calender.
  • calenderer — a person who operates a calender
  • calibrated — marked with units
  • calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
  • calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water
  • camberwell — a former residential borough of Greater London, England, now part of Southwark.
  • camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
  • camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
  • camelopard — giraffe
  • camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
  • cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
  • cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
  • camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
  • camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
  • campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
  • candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
  • cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
  • cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
  • cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • cape coral — city in SW Fla.: pop. 102,000
  • capillaire — a syrup flavoured with maidenhair fern or orange flower water
  • capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
  • capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
  • car dealer — a person or business which sells cars
  • caramelise — (cooking) To convert sugar into caramel.
  • caramelize — If sugar caramelizes, it turns to caramel as a result of being heated.
  • carbolated — containing carbolic acid
  • carbolised — phenolate (def 2).
  • carbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbolize.
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