12-letter words containing c, o, l, n
- antinucleons — Plural form of antinucleon.
- antiphonical — Alternative form of antiphonic.
- antipolitics — the rejection of party and electoral politics
- antisociable — Antisocial.
- antisocially — In an antisocial manner.
- antiviolence — opposed to or acting against violence in society
- apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
- aplacophoran — solenogaster.
- appleknocker — Northern U.S. a rustic.
- applications — Plural form of application.
- archilochian — denoting or relating to the 7th century bc Greek poet Archilochus or his verse, esp the iambic trimeters or trochaic tetrameters used by him
- arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
- articulation — Articulation is the action of producing a sound or word clearly, in speech or music.
- arts council — an organization that provides funding for a variety of arts activities
- astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
- auction sale — an instance of items being sold by auction
- auscultation — the diagnostic technique in medicine of listening to the various internal sounds made by the body, usually with the aid of a stethoscope
- autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
- back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
- backboneless — lacking backbone; cowardly
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- ball control — the skill of controlling the ball in a game such as football or tennis
- banner cloud — a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak. Also called cloud banner. Compare cap cloud (def 1).
- barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
- be no slouch — If you say that someone is no slouch at a particular activity, you mean that they are skilful at it or are willing to work hard at it.
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
- bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
- bifunctional — having two functions
- bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
- binary color — secondary color.
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
- black bryony — a climbing herbaceous Eurasian plant, Tamus communis, having small greenish flowers and poisonous red berries: family Dioscoreaceae
- black canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada: site of Boulder Dam.
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- black tongue — canine pellagra.
- blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
- block caving — a method of mining a large block of ore by systematically undercutting so the ore will cave. Compare cave (def 5a).
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- block signal — a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track.
- block voting — voting using block votes
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.