11-letter words containing c, u, l, e
- culminative — (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- cultishness — the quality of being cultish
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- culture war — conflict of values
- cultureless — Devoid of culture.
- culver city — a city in SW California, W of Los Angeles.
- culver hole — a hole for receiving a timber.
- culverineer — a soldier bearing a culverin
- cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
- cunobelinus — also called Cymbeline. died ?42 ad, British ruler of the Catuvellauni tribe (?10–?42); founder of Colchester (?10)
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- currer bell — Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
- curvilinear — consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
- cushionless — without a cushion
- cut a melon — to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cuttlebones — Plural form of cuttlebone.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- debauchedly — In a debauched manner.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- decasualize — to replace the casual workers in (a business) with permanent employees
- deceitfully — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- declinature — the act of refusing politely
- declivitous — fairly steep
- declutching — Present participle of declutch.
- decluttered — Simple past tense and past participle of declutter.
- deculturate — to cause the loss or abandonment of culture or cultural characteristics of (a people, society, etc.).
- decursively — in a decursive manner
- deductibles — Plural form of deductible.
- deductively — In a deductive manner; using deduction.
- deduplicate — to remove (duplicated material) from a system
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
- delinquincy — Alternative form of delinquency.
- deliquesced — Simple past tense and past participle of deliquesce.
- denticulate — very finely toothed
- deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
- deutschland — Germany
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- dicephalous — having two heads