12-letter words containing c, l, i, t, e, a
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calorimetric — the measurement of heat.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- camomile tea — a medicinal beverage made from the fragrant leaves and flowers of any of these plants
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
- capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- catechetical — of or relating to teaching by question and answer
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
- central-fire — center-fire.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
- centuplicate — to increase 100 times
- cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
- chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.