12-letter words containing c, l, o, t
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- battological — tending to repeat words unnecessarily
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
- beta blocker — A beta blocker is a drug which is used to treat people who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
- beta-blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the beta receptors: used primarily to reduce the heart rate or force in the prevention, management, or treatment of angina, hypertension, or arrythmias.
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bifunctional — having two functions
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- black bottom — a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips
- black forest — wooded mountain region in SW Germany
- black locust — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- black scoter — a scoter of Eurasia and North America, Melanitta nigra, the adult male of which is black.
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- black-coated — (esp formerly) (of a worker) clerical or professional, as distinguished from commercial or industrial
- blastocoelic — of or relating to the blastocoel
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
- block letter — a plain capital letter
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- block voting — voting using block votes
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.
- bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
- borosilicate — a salt of boric and silicic acids
- borscht belt — (sometimes initial capital letters) the hotels of the predominantly Jewish resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment.
- botticellian — Sandro [san-droh,, sahn-;; Italian sahn-draw] /ˈsæn droʊ,, ˈsɑn-;; Italian ˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), (Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi) 1444?–1510, Italian painter.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bullock cart — a cart pulled by one or two bullocks
- butter cloth — a type of open, unsized muslin
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- cactoblastis — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum of South America, that was introduced into Australia to act as a biological control on the prickly pear
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calibrations — Plural form of calibration.
- caliginosity — darkness
- call collect — If you call collect when you make a telephone call, the person who you are phoning pays the cost of the call and not you.
- call of duty — responsibilities
- call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
- call to arms — a command to report for active military duty.