11-letter words containing c, l, u
- 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.
- bull-necked — having a short thick neck
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- 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
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- bur chervil — a plant of the carrot family, Anthriscus caucalis, that is related to and resembles chervil
- bursiculate — resembling a pouch
- 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.
- butt chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade less than 4 inches (10 cm) long.
- butter clam — any of a genus (Saxidomus) of large, edible clams found along the Pacific coast of North America
- 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
- calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- calculative — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- 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.)
- calixtus ii — died 1124, French ecclesiastic: pope 1119–24.
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- callimachus — late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- callistus i — Calixtus I.
- callousness — made hard; hardened.
- calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- camouflaged — concealed or disguised
- camouflages — Plural form of camouflage.
- camouflagic — relating to camouflage
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- canalicular — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a canaliculus.
- canaliculus — a small channel, furrow, or groove, as in some bones and parts of plants
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- 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.
- capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
- capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment