10-letter words containing c, l, i, t
- blacksmith — A blacksmith is a person whose job is making things by hand out of metal that has been heated to a high temperature.
- blastodisc — the blastula that forms as a flattened sphere on top of the yolk in the yolk-laden eggs of birds and reptiles.
- bootlicker — to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.
- botticelli — Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. 1444–1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings
- boucicault — Dion (ˈdaɪɒn), real name Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot. 1822–90, Irish dramatist and actor. His plays include London Assurance (1841), The Octoroon (1859), and The Shaughran (1874)
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- cabalistic — of or relating to the cabala.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- cagliostro — Count Alessandro di (alesˈsandro di), original name Giuseppe Balsamo. 1743–95, Italian adventurer and magician, who was imprisoned for life by the Inquisition for his association with freemasonry
- calamities — a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- 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
- calcitonin — a hormone secreted by the thyroid that inhibits the release of calcium from the skeleton and prevents a build-up of calcium in the blood
- calcitrant — Stubborn; refractory.
- calcitrate — (formal, ambitransitive) To kick.
- calcitriol — Biochemistry. a vitamin D compound, C 27 H 44 O 3 , occurring in humans as a hormone derived from cholesterol, that acts in the regulation and absorption of calcium.
- calcsinter — travertine.
- calibrated — marked with units
- calibrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calibrate.
- calibrator — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- calico cat — a domestic cat, especially a female one, of variegated black, yellow, and white coloring.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- caloricity — Ectothermy.
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- calumniate — to slander
- 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.
- caml light — A small portable implementation of a version of CAML by Xavier Leroy <[email protected]> and Damien Doligez of INRIA. Caml Light uses a bytecode interpreter written in C. It adds a Modula-2-like module system, separate compilation, lazy streams for parsing and printing, graphics primitives and an interface with C. Version 0.6 runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Atari ST and Amiga. It includes an interpreter, compiler, Emacs mode, libraries, scanner generator, parser generator, run-time support and an interactive development environment. The latest version, as of April 2003, is 0.75 and runs on Unix, Macintosh and Windows. The development of Caml Light has been stopped; current development is on Objective Caml. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- 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
- cap pistol — a toy gun using caps to imitate the sound of a real pistol.
- capability — If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
- capillatus — (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having a cirriform upper portion that resembles an anvil or a disorderly mass of hair.
- capitalise — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalism — Capitalism is an economic and political system in which property, business, and industry are owned by private individuals and not by the state.
- capitalist — A capitalist country or system supports or is based on the principles of capitalism.
- capitalize — If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitolian — of or relating to the Capitoline
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- captiously — In a captious manner.