11-letter words containing c, l, o, u
- bicephalous — having two heads
- bimolecular — (of a chemical complex, collision, etc) having or involving two molecules
- binocularly — relating to the use of two eyes at once
- biomolecule — a molecule occurring naturally in living organisms
- black house — a type of thatched house, usually made of turf, formerly found in the highlands and islands of Scotland
- black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
- blacktongue — canine pellagra.
- bletcherous — /blech'*-r*s/ Disgusting in design or function; aesthetically unappealing. This word is seldom used of people. "This keyboard is bletcherous!" (Perhaps the keys don't work very well, or are misplaced.) The term bletcherous applies to the esthetics of the thing so described; similarly for cretinous. By contrast, something that is "losing" or "bagbiting" may be failing to meet objective criteria.
- block house — Stock Exchange. a firm that specializes in block trades.
- blockbuster — A blockbuster is a film or book that is very popular and successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- blood count — Your blood count is the number of red and white cells in your blood. A blood count can also refer to a medical examination which determines the number of red and white cells in your blood.
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.
- blue cohosh — either of two unrelated plants of the eastern U.S., Cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) of the buttercup family, or Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh) of the barberry family, both used medicinally.
- blue collar — of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Compare white-collar.
- blue-collar — Blue-collar workers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.
- bodaciously — in a bodacious manner
- body colour — a painting technique using opaque watercolour paint in which the pigments are bound with glue and the lighter tones contain white
- bois-le-duc — French name of 's Hertogenbosch.
- bolt cutter — a tool for cutting bolts, wire, etc, typically with very long handles and short blades, with compound hinges
- bottle club — a so-called club in which patrons, nominally members, are served liquor from bottles purportedly belonging to them, without regard to liquor control laws
- breechclout — a cloth worn about the breech and loins; loincloth.
- bromouracil — a brominated derivative of uracil with antimetabolite properties
- brucellosis — an infectious disease of cattle, goats, dogs, and pigs, caused by bacteria of the genus Brucella and transmittable to humans (e.g. by drinking contaminated milk): symptoms include fever, chills, and severe headache
- bucket-load — a large quantity
- buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
- bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- cafe brulot — black coffee flavored with sugar, lemon and orange rinds, cloves, cinnamon, and brandy, ignited and allowed to flame briefly.
- calciferous — forming or producing salts of calcium, esp calcium carbonate
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- calculators — Plural form of calculator.
- calculatory — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calico bush — mountain laurel
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- callousness — made hard; hardened.
- calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- camouflaged — concealed or disguised
- camouflages — Plural form of camouflage.
- camouflagic — relating to camouflage
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- cannulation — a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- capaciously — In a capacious manner.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.