7-letter words containing c, l, u
- capsule — A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow.
- capulet — the family name of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
- caracul — the black loosely curled fur obtained from the skins of newly born lambs of the karakul sheep
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- carolus — any of several coins struck in the reign of a king called Charles, esp an English gold coin from the reign of Charles I
- cartful — the amount a cart can hold
- casuals — informal articles of clothing or footwear
- cat flu — an upper respiratory-tract infection in cats, resulting in sneezing, ocular and nasal discharges, and coughs
- cauline — relating to or growing from a plant stem
- caulked — Simple past tense and past participle of caulk.
- caulker — a person who caulks the seams of boats or the like.
- caulome — the stem structure of a plant considered as a whole
- causals — Plural form of causal.
- cellule — a very small cell
- celsius — Celsius is a scale for measuring temperature, in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees. It is represented by the symbol °C.
- celtuce — a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa asparagina, having characteristics of both celery and lettuce, and eaten raw or cooked.
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- chalupa — a small narrow boat similar to a gondola, steered using either oars or a pole, used in the south of Mexico
- chalutz — a member of an organization of immigrants to Israeli agricultural settlements
- chellup — noise
- chillum — a short pipe, usually of clay, used esp for smoking cannabis
- chillun — (Southern US, AAVE) Plural form of chile (child).
- chiluba — Frederick, 1943–2011, president of Zambia 1991–2002.
- chilung — a port in N Taiwan: fishing and industrial centre. Pop: 406 000 (2005 est)
- cholula — a town in S Mexico, in Puebla state: ancient ruins, notably a pyramid, 53 m (177 ft) high. Pop: 82 964 (2005)
- chuckle — When you chuckle, you laugh quietly.
- chuffle — (of the larger species of cats) to make a low snuffling sound analogous to the purring of smaller cat species, often as a greeting.
- chuleta — a cutlet or chop.
- chumble — To peck at or nibble.
- chunnel — a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel, linking England and France, opened in 1994
- chylous — (physiology) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
- circuli — any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.
- clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
- clamour — If people are clamouring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
- claques — Plural form of claque.
- claucht — to seize by force
- claudel — Paul (Louis Charles Marie) (pɔl). 1868–1955, French dramatist, poet, and diplomat, whose works testify to his commitment to the Roman Catholic faith. His plays include L'Annonce faite à Marie (1912) and Le Soulier de satin (1919–24)
- claudia — a feminine name
- claught — a simple past tense of cleek.
- clausal — of or constituting a clause
- clauses — Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- clavius — one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant
- cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- cleruch — a settler in a cleruchy
- clew up — to furl (a square sail) by gathering its clews up to the yard by means of clew lines
- cliburn — Van [van] /væn/ (Show IPA), (Harvey Lavan Cliburn, Jr) 1934–2013, U.S. pianist.
- cliqued — a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.
- cliques — Plural form of clique.
- cliquey — If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clog up — When something clogs up a place, or when it clogs up, it becomes blocked so that little or nothing can pass through.