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12-letter words containing c, o, d, l

  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • clap hold of — to grasp suddenly or forcibly
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • class method — (programming)   1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • claudication — limping; lameness
  • clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
  • cleidoic egg — egg of birds and insects
  • clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
  • clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
  • cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
  • close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
  • close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
  • close-lipped — not talking or revealing much
  • close-reefed — having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.
  • closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
  • closed cycle — a heat engine in which the working substance is continuously circulated and does not need replenishment
  • closed shell — (in atomic structure) a shell that contains the maximum number of electrons permitted by the exclusion principle.
  • closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
  • closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
  • closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
  • closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
  • closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
  • cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
  • cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
  • clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
  • coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
  • cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
  • codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
  • coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
  • coincidently — in a coincident manner
  • coincidingly — So as to coincide.
  • cold cathode — a cathode from which electrons are emitted at ambient temperature, due to a high potential gradient at the surface
  • cold comfort — If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant.
  • cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
  • cold warrior — a person who engages in or promotes a cold war
  • cold working — Cold working is a process in which metal is shaped at a fairly low temperature. This increases the metal's yield strength but makes it less ductile.
  • cold-blooded — Someone who is cold-blooded does not show any pity or emotion.
  • cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
  • cold-pressed — (of an unrefined oil such as olive oil) produced by pressing the parent seed, nut, or grain at the lowest possible temperature without any further pressing
  • collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
  • collide with — If a vehicle collides with another vehicle or a person, it hits something or someone that is traveling in a different direction.
  • collingswood — a city in SW New Jersey.
  • collodionize — (transitive) To prepare or treat with collodion.
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