7-letter words containing c, l
- celeste — a feminine name: var. Celestine
- celiacs — Plural form of celiac.
- cellang — See Cellular.
- cellars — Plural form of cellar.
- cellary — Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.
- celling — the production and formation of cells
- cellini — Benvenuto (benveˈnuːto). 1500–71, Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver, noted also for his autobiography
- cellist — A cellist is someone who plays the cello.
- cellsim — (application) A program for modelling populations of biological cells.
- cellule — a very small cell
- celosia — any of several species (genus Celosia) of the amaranth family, of annual garden plants with minute, brilliant red or yellow flowers in large clusters; cockscomb
- celotex — a type of thermal insulation board
- 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.
- cembali — Irregular plural form of cembalo.
- cembalo — harpsichord
- cenacle — a supper room, esp one on an upper floor
- cenelec — Commission Européenne de Normalisation Électrique: the EU standards organization for electrical goods
- censual — an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc.
- centile — (not in technical use) a percentile.
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- cephal- — cephalo-
- cephala — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- ceramal — cermet
- cereals — Cereals are foods made from grain. They are mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast.
- cerebel — Archaic form of cerebellum.
- cernlib — (library) The CERN Program Library.
- cerrial — of or relating to the cerris tree
- chablis — a dry white burgundy wine made around Chablis, in central France
- chabrol — Claude (klod). 1930–2010, French film director, whose films, such as Le Beau Serge (1958), Les Biches (1968), Le Boucher (1969), Au coeur du mensonge (1999), and La Fleur du mal (2003) explore themes of jealousy, guilt, and murder
- chackle — to chatter; jabber.
- chaebol — a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea
- chaetal — of or relating to chaeta
- chagall — Marc (mark). 1887–1985, French painter and illustrator, born in Russia, noted for his richly coloured pictures of men, animals, and objects in fantastic combinations and often suspended in space: his work includes 12 stained glass windows for a synagogue in Jerusalem (1961) and the decorations for the ceiling of the Paris Opera House (1964)
- chalaza — one of a pair of spiral threads of albumen holding the yolk of a bird's egg in position
- chalcid — any tiny hymenopterous insect of the family Chalcididae and related families, whose larvae are parasites of other insects
- chalcis — a city on the island of Euboea in SE Greece, at the narrowest point of the Euripus strait: important since the 7th century bc, founding many colonies in ancient times. Pop (municipality): 55 264 (2001)
- chalco- — indicating copper or a copper alloy
- chaldea — an ancient region of Babylonia; the land lying between the Euphrates delta, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian desert
- chaldee — a nontechnical term for Biblical Aramaic, which was once believed to be the language of the ancient Chaldeans
- chalets — Plural form of chalet.
- chalice — A chalice is a large gold or silver cup with a stem. Chalices are used to hold wine in the Christian service of Holy Communion.
- chalked — Simple past tense and past participle of chalk.
- challah — bread, usually in the form of a plaited loaf, traditionally eaten by Jews to celebrate the Sabbath
- challan — An official form or document, such as a receipt, invoice, or summons.
- challie — a soft fabric of plain weave in wool, cotton, rayon, or other staple fiber, either in a solid color or, more often, a small print.
- challis — a lightweight plain-weave fabric of wool, cotton, etc, usually with a printed design
- chalone — any internal secretion that inhibits a physiological process or function
- chalons — a city in NE France, on the River Marne: scene of Attila's defeat by the Romans (451 ad). Pop: 47 339 (1999)
- chalupa — a small narrow boat similar to a gondola, steered using either oars or a pole, used in the south of Mexico