10-letter words containing c, o, l, i
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
- click stop — a control device, as in a camera, that can be turned or rotated so that when it reaches a specific setting it engages with an audible click.
- climb down — If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you are wrong, or change your intentions or demands.
- climb-down — a retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clingstone — a fruit, such as certain peaches, in which the flesh tends to adhere to the stone
- clinkstone — a variety of phonolite that makes a metallic sound when struck
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- clinomania — An excessive desire to remain in bed.
- clinometer — an instrument used in surveying for measuring an angle of inclination
- clinostats — Plural form of clinostat.
- cliometric — Of or pertaining to cliometrics.
- clioquinol — An antifungal and antiprotozoal hydroxyquinoline drug, neurotoxic in large doses.
- clip joint — a place, such as a nightclub or restaurant, in which customers are overcharged
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- clobbering — Present participle of clobber.
- clofibrate — a medication used in the treatment of heart disease
- clogginess — The state or quality of being cloggy.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- cloth-like — resembling cloth
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clottiness — the condition of being clotty
- cloud nine — a condition of great joy or bliss; euphoric state
- cloudiness — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- clove pink — carnation (sense 1)
- clownishly — In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
- clypeiform — having a rounded shield shape
- cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
- co-orbital — noting or pertaining to two or more celestial bodies that share or almost share an orbit.
- co-ordinal — belonging to the same order.
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- coal basin — a part of the earth's surface consisting of coal strata that slope down to a common centre
- coal field — an area containing significant coal deposits.
- coal miner — A coal miner is a person whose job is mining coal.
- coalescing — Present participle of coalesce.
- coalfields — Plural form of coalfield.
- coalitions — Plural form of coalition.
- coastlines — Plural form of coastline.
- coat-tails — Coat-tails are the two long pieces at the back of a tailcoat.
- cobweblike — Resembling or characteristic of a cobweb.
- coccoliths — Plural form of coccolith.