12-letter words containing c, l, o, t, r
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- containerful — As much as a container can hold.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contour line — a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth
- contract law — the branch of law that deals with contracts
- contractable — capable of being contracted
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- contractible — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contractural — characterized by contractures
- contrapuntal — characterized by counterpoint
- contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
- contrastable — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- control code — (character) A character code for a control character, normally including the values 0..31 or 127, inherited from ASCII, possibly extended to include other characters by the operating system or application program.
- control flow — (programming) (Or "flow of control") The sequence of execution of the instructions in a program. Control flow is normally linear, executing the instructions in the order they were written but can be changed at run time by control structures (e.g. if statements or goto statements) used in the program creating conditional branches, loops, etc. Not to be confused with "flow control".
- control knob — a knob on an electrical or electronic appliance for regulating heat, volume, etc
- control loop — A control loop is a series of control operations, including measuring an output, establishing what the output should be, and taking action to correct it.
- control room — a room from which a system, network, or piece of equipment is controlled
- control unit — the part of the computer that processes hardware, software, and user inputs and directs their implementation
- controllable — If something is controllable you are able to control or influence it.
- controllably — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- controversal — (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
- convent girl — a girl who goes to or has been to a convent school
- conventicler — One who supports or frequents conventicles.
- convergently — characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging.
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- copperplates — Plural form of copperplate.
- corbel table — a horizontal masonry construction, as a cornice or part of a wall, supported on corbels or on arches supported on corbels.
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- cordialities — cordial quality or feeling.
- corner table — a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.
- corotational — (astronomy) That rotates in conjunction with another body.
- corporealist — a materialist
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- correctional — Correctional means related to prisons.
- correctively — In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
- correlatable — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- correlations — Plural form of correlation.
- correlatives — Plural form of correlative.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- cost control — the limiting of expenditure
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- cottage roll — a small pickled boneless ham
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
- counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff