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12-letter words containing c, r, u, e, l

  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
  • clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
  • cloture rule — a rule adopted by the United States Senate in 1917 that enables the breaking of a filibuster
  • 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
  • cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
  • club culture — the practice of protecting the reputation of one's workforce in the face of criticism, above all other considerations
  • club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
  • cluster area — a place where a concentration of a particular phenomenon is found
  • cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
  • cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
  • cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
  • coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
  • coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
  • colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
  • colour depth — bits per pixel
  • colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
  • colour model — (graphics)   Any system for representing colours as ordered sets of numbers. The most common colour models are RGB, CMYK, and HSB. There are several others, e.g. CMY, and the "Lab" system(?). See also: Pantone.
  • colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
  • colour slide — a colour transparency
  • colour-coded — Things that are colour-coded use colours to represent different features or functions.
  • column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
  • columnarized — columnar (def 3).
  • compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
  • computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
  • computerless — having no computer
  • computerlike — similar to a computer
  • concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
  • configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
  • congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
  • congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
  • conqueringly — in a conquering manner
  • containerful — As much as a container can hold.
  • contour line — a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth
  • contrasexual — (of a woman) appearing to defy the female sexual stereotype by being content to be single and childless while being sexually active and financially independent
  • corallaceous — having the nature of coral
  • corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
  • corollaceous — of, relating to, resembling, or having a corolla
  • corruptively — In a corruptive way.
  • coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
  • council area — any of the 32 unitary authorities into which Scotland has been divided for administrative purposes since April 1996
  • council fire — a fire kept burning continually during a council of American Indians.
  • counterblast — A counterblast is a strong angry reply to something that has been said, written, or done.
  • counterbluff — a bluff made in opposition to another bluff
  • counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
  • counterfoils — Plural form of counterfoil.
  • counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
  • counterplead — to plead the opposite of
  • counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
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