5-letter words containing c, l
- cholo — a person who is descended from both European and Native American parents
- choly — (informal) cholecystitis.
- chulo — a dandified or effeminate man.
- churl — a surly ill-bred person
- chyle — a milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fat globules, formed in the small intestine during digestion
- cilia — the eyelashes
- cilla — a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- cip-l — CIP Language
- cital — a court summons
- civil — You use civil to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
- clach — a stone
- clack — If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other.
- clade — a group of organisms considered as having evolved from a common ancestor
- clads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clad.
- claes — (Scotland) clothes.
- claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- clair — René (rəne), real name René Chomette. 1898–1981, French film director; noted for his comedies including An Italian Straw Hat (1928) and pioneering sound films such as Sous les toits de Paris (1930); later films include Les Belles de nuit (1952)
- clamp — A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together.
- clams — Plural form of clam.
- clane — Eye dialect of clean.
- clang — When a large metal object clangs, it makes a loud noise.
- clank — When large metal objects clank, they make a noise because they are hitting together or hitting against something hard.
- clans — Plural form of clan.
- claps — Plural form of clap.
- clapt — clap1
- clara — a feminine name: var. Clare, Clarice, Clarissa; equiv. Fr. Claire
- clare — a county of W Republic of Ireland, in Munster between Galway Bay and the Shannon estuary. County town: Ennis. Pop: 103 277 (2002). Area: 3188 sq km (1231 sq miles)
- clark — Helen. born 1950, New Zealand Labour politician; prime minister (1999–2008); administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009
- claro — a mild light-coloured cigar
- clart — mud; dirt
- clary — any of several European plants of the genus Salvia, having aromatic leaves and blue flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- clasp — If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms.
- class — A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.
- clast — a fragment of (sedimentary) rock broken off from a larger rock
- clava — the two or more enlarged distal segments that form the bulbous end of a clavate antenna.
- clave — one of a pair of hardwood sticks struck together to make a hollow sound, esp to mark the beat of Latin-American dance music
- clavi — Psychiatry. an intense headache in which the pain is likened to one that would be produced by a sharp object driven into the skull.
- claws — Plural form of claw.
- clays — Plural form of clay.
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- cleat — A cleat is a kind of hook with two ends which is used to hold ropes, especially on sailing boats.
- cleck — (of birds) to hatch
- cleek — a large hook, such as one used to land fish
- clefs — Plural form of clef.
- cleft — A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
- clegg — Nick, full name Nicholas William Peter Clegg. born 1967, British politician; leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007–2015); deputy prime minister of a Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–2015)
- clems — Plural form of clem.
- cleon — died 422 bc, Athenian demagogue and military leader