12-letter words containing c, l, o, t
- colluctation — a struggle or conflict
- colonialists — Plural form of colonialist.
- colonisation — Alternative spelling of colonization.
- colonization — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- coloquintida — colocynth (defs 1, 2).
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- color-caster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- colorimetric — a device that analyzes color by measuring a given color in terms of a standard color, a scale of colors, or certain primary colors.
- colorisation — The process of converting to color.
- colorization — Colorization is a technique used to add colour to old black and white films.
- colour chart — a chart with samples of paint colours
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- colposcopist — an instrument that magnifies the cells of the cervix and vagina to permit direct observation and study of the living tissue.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- columniation — the arrangement of architectural columns
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- come to life — If something or someone comes to life, they become active.
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- comfortingly — In a comforting manner.
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commentarial — a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
- commonalties — Plural form of commonalty.
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- compellation — appellation
- compellative — an appellation
- compilations — Plural form of compilation.
- compile time — (programming) The period of time during which a program's source code is being translated into machine code, as opposed to run time when the program is being executed. As well as the work done by the compiler, this may include macro preprocessing as done by cpp for example. The final stage of program construction, performed by the linker, would generally also be classed as compile time but might be distinguished as link time. For example, static data in a C program is allocated at compile time whereas non-static data is allocated at run time, typically on the stack.
- compiliation — Misspelling of compilation.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complanation — the act of flattening or making level
- complections — Plural form of complection.
- complemental — complementary; completing.
- complemented — having a complement or complements.
- complementer — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- completement — (obsolete) Act of completing or perfecting; completion.
- completeness — complete
- complex salt — a salt that contains one or more complex ions
- complexation — the formation of a complex
- complexities — The complexities of something are the many complicated factors involved in it.
- complicating — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- complication — A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
- complicative — having a tendency to complicate
- complicities — Plural form of complicity.
- complicitous — having complicity
- complimental — complimentary
- complimented — Simple past tense and past participle of compliment.