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12-letter words containing c, l, o, n

  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
  • clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
  • clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
  • clams casino — broiled clams topped with garlic butter, bacon, bread crumbs, etc. and served in their bottom shells
  • clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
  • clap eyes on — to catch sight of
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clara barton — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
  • clarion call — A clarion call is a strong and emotional appeal to people to do something.
  • class action — A class action is a legal case brought by a group of people rather than an individual.
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • claudication — limping; lameness
  • claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
  • clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
  • clean a room — If you clean a room, you make the inside of it and the furniture in it free from dirt and dust.
  • clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
  • cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
  • clergyperson — a member of the clergy
  • clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
  • clinozoisite — a monoclinic mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, a variety of epidote, dimorphous with zoisite.
  • clintonomics — (used with a singular verb) the economic policies set forth by President Bill Clinton.
  • cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
  • clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • clos network — (networking)   A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
  • close season — In football and some other sports, the close season is the period of the year when the sport is not played professionally.
  • close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
  • closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
  • closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
  • closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
  • closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
  • closet queen — a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
  • clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
  • clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
  • clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
  • clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
  • clownishness — The state of being clownish.
  • coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
  • coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
  • coalitionist — An advocate of coalition or a partner in a coalition.
  • cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
  • cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
  • cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
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