12-letter words containing c, l, u, e
- beurre blanc — an emulsion of cold butter in a white wine or vinegar and shallot reduction
- biarticulate — having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.
- biauriculate — having two auricles or earlike parts
- bibb lettuce — a type of butterhead lettuce, formed in loose heads of very crisp, dark-green leaves
- bicycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- billiard cue — a long cue used for playing billiards
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- black butter — beurre noir.
- black grouse — a large N European grouse, Lyrurus tetrix, the male of which has a bluish-black plumage and lyre-shaped tail
- black plague — Great Plague.
- black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
- black sucker — a hog sucker, Hypentelium nigricans, of eastern U.S. streams.
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- black-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space.
- blank cheque — If someone is given a blank cheque, they are given the authority to spend as much money as they need or want.
- bloodcurdler — something causing great fright or horror: a bloodcurdler of a mystery novel.
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- blue succory — a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- boucherville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- brunelleschi — Filippo (fiˈlippo). 1377–1446, Italian architect, whose works in Florence include the dome of the cathedral, the Pazzi chapel of Santa Croce, and the church of San Lorenzo
- bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
- buckle under — If you buckle under to a person or a situation, you do what they want you to do, even though you do not want to do it.
- buckler fern — any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris, such as D. dilatata (broad buckler fern): family Polypodiaceae
- buffet lunch — a lunch at which people stand up and help themselves from the table
- bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
- butter cloth — a type of open, unsized muslin
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
- calculatable — Able to be calculated; calculable.
- calculatedly — in a calculated manner
- caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- calycoideous — calycoid
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- camp lejeune — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SE North Carolina SE of Jacksonville on Onslow Bay.
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
- cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.