5-letter words containing c, l
- capel — A horse.
- caple — a horse
- carla — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carle — Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- carls — Plural form of carl.
- carol — Carols are Christian religious songs that are sung at Christmas.
- caryl — a male or female given name.
- casal — (grammar) Of or relating to case.
- catel — (obsolete) property, as distinguished from rent or income.
- caulk — If you caulk something such as a boat, you fill small cracks in its surface in order to prevent it from leaking.
- cauls — a form or plate for pressing a veneer or veneers being glued to a backing or to each other.
- cavel — a drawing of lots among miners for an easy and profitable place at the coalface
- cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- ccalc — A symbolic mathematics system for MS-DOS, available from Simtel.
- cecal — a cul-de-sac, especially that in which the large intestine begins.
- cecil — Lord David. 1902–86, English literary critic and biographer
- ceili — A social event with traditional Irish or Scottish music and dancing.
- ceils — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ceil.
- celan — Paul, real name Paul Antschel. 1920–70, Romanian Jewish poet, writing in German, whose work reflects the experience of Nazi persecution
- celeb — A celeb is the same as a celebrity.
- celia — a feminine name
- celip — (language) A cellular language for image processing.
- cella — the inner room of a classical temple, esp the room housing the statue of a deity
- celle — a city in N Germany, on the Aller River in Lower Saxony: from 1378 to 1705 the residence of the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Pop: 71 319 (2003 est)
- celli — (rare) Plural form of cello.
- cello — A cello is a musical instrument with four strings that looks like a large violin. You play the cello with a bow while sitting down and holding it upright between your legs.
- cells — a wireless telephone using a system of low-powered radio transmitters, with each transmitter covering a distinct geographical area (cell) and computer equipment to switch a call from one area to another, thus enabling broad-scale portable phone service.
- celly — (slang) cellmate.
- celom — coelom
- celts — Plural form of celt.
- ceorl — a freeman of the lowest class in Anglo-Saxon England
- ceryl — (chemistry) A radical, C27H55, supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from waxes.
- cessl — CEll Space Simulation Language
- cetyl — the univalent hexadecyl radical found in some waxes
- chalk — Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- chawl — A type of building found in India. Often having 4 to 5 stories with about 10 to 20 tenements, they are also known as kholis.
- chela — a large pincer-like claw of such arthropods as the crab and scorpion
- chelp — (esp of women or children) to chatter or speak out of turn
- chiel — a young man; lad
- chil- — chilo-
- child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
- chile — a republic in South America, on the Pacific, with a total length of about 4090 km (2650 miles) and an average width of only 177 km (110 miles): gained independence from Spain in 1818; the government of President Allende (elected 1970) attempted the implementation of Marxist policies within a democratic system until overthrown by a military coup (1973); democracy restored 1988. Chile consists chiefly of the Andes in the east, the Atacama Desert in the north, a central fertile region, and a huge S region of almost uninhabitable mountains, glaciers, fjords, and islands; an important producer of copper, iron ore, nitrates, etc. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Santiago. Pop: 17 216 945 (2013 est). Area: 756 945 sq km (292 256 sq miles)
- chili — the dried pod of red pepper, a very hot seasoning
- chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- chirl — a trilling or quavering sound
- chloe — a feminine name
- choil — An unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard on the blade.
- chola — the conventional attire of Sikhs consisting of a long, loose shirt
- chole — A spicy Indian chickpea curry.
- choli — a short-sleeved bodice, as worn by Indian women