11-letter words containing c, l, i
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- classic car — a car that is more than twenty-five years old
- classic-ada — (language) An object-oriented extension to Ada, said to be like Smalltalk. It is implemented as an Ada preprocessor.
- classically — Someone who has been classically trained in something such as art, music, or ballet has learned the traditional skills and methods of that subject.
- classicisms — Plural form of classicism.
- classicists — Plural form of classicist.
- classicized — Simple past tense and past participle of classicize.
- classifieds — The classifieds are the same as classified ad.
- classifiers — Plural form of classifier.
- classifying — Denoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal ).
- claudius ii — full name Marcus Aurelius Claudius, called Gothicus. 214–270 ad, Roman emperor (268–270)
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- clavichords — Plural form of clavichord.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
- cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
- cleisthenes — 6th century bc, Athenian statesman: democratized the political structure of Athens
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- clement iii — (Paolo Scolari) died 1191, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187–91.
- clement vii — original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478–1534, pope (1523–34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)
- clement xii — (Lorenzo Corsini) 1652–1740, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1730–40.
- clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
- clementines — an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clericalism — a policy of upholding the power of the clergy
- clericalist — Of or pertaining to clericalism.
- clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
- clerkliness — (obsolete) scholarship.
- clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
- click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
- clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
- clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
- client base — A business's client base is the same as its customer base.
- clientelage — (dated) clientele; customers or patrons.
- clientelism — A political system based on personal relations rather than personal merits.
- cliff brake — any of several common ferns of the genus Pellaea, usually growing in pockets of thin soil on rocks.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- climacteric — a critical event or period
- climategate — the scandal surrounding the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit whose researchers were accused of manipulating statistics on climate change to make global warming appear less of a threat
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatizing — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatology — the study of climate
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- clinchingly — in a clinching manner
- clindamycin — an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.