11-letter words containing c, l, i
- chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chalcedonic — Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
- chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
- chalcophile — (of a chemical element in the earth) having an affinity for sulfur.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chameleonic — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
- chandeliers — Plural form of chandelier.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandleries — Plural form of chandlery.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- channelbill — a large, gray Australian cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae, with a grooved bill.
- channelised — Simple past tense and past participle of channelise.
- channelized — Simple past tense and past participle of channelize.
- channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
- chanticleer — a name for a cock, used esp in fables
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- chapel hill — a city in central North Carolina.
- chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
- charbroiled — Charbroiled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiler — a grill or other equipment used for charbroiling
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- charlatanic — of or relating to a charlatan
- charles iii — known as Charles the Fat. 839–888 ad, Holy Roman Emperor (881–887) and, as Charles II, king of France (884–887). He briefly reunited the empire of Charlemagne
- charles vii — 1403–61, king of France (1422–61), son of Charles VI. He was excluded from the French throne by the Treaty of Troyes, but following Joan of Arc's victory over the English at Orléans (1429), was crowned
- charles xii — 1682–1718, king of Sweden (1697–1718), who inflicted defeats on Denmark, Russia, and Poland during the Great Northern War (1700–21)
- charles xiv — the title as king of Sweden and Norway of Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte
- chatelaines — Plural form of chatelaine.
- chelicerate — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chelicerata, a subphylum of arthropods, including arachnids and the horseshoe crab, in which the first pair of limbs are modified as chelicerae
- cheliferous — bearing chelae
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- cherishable — to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land.
- cherry hill — city in SW N.J., east of Camden: pop. 70,000
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- chick flick — A chick flick is a romantic film that is not very serious and is intended to appeal to women.
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- chilblained — Afflicted with a chilblain.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- child actor — an actor who is a child
- child bride — a very young bride, esp when the groom is considerably older
- child labor — the regular, full-time employment of children under a legally defined age in factories, stores, offices, etc.: in the U.S., the minimum legal age under federal law is 16 (in hazardous occupations, 18)
- child-proof — resistant to being opened, tampered with, or operated by a child: a childproof medicine bottle.
- childbirths — Plural form of childbirth.
- childminder — A childminder is someone whose job it is to look after children when the children's parents are away or are at work. Childminders usually work in their own homes.
- chile-bells — a vine, Lapageria rosea, native to Chile, having leathery evergreen leaves and showy reddish flowers: the national flower of Chile.
- chili sauce — a spiced sauce of chopped tomatoes, green and red sweet peppers, onions, etc.
- chili verde — a stew of beef or pork, or both, flavored with hot green peppers.