12-letter words containing c, y, l, o
- black canyon — a canyon of the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada: site of Boulder Dam.
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- blue succory — a composite garden plant, Catananche caerulea, of southern Europe, having very hairy leaves and blue flower heads, used by the ancients as a love potion.
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- bonnyclabber — clotted or curdled milk
- bootylicious — sexually attractive, esp with curvaceous buttocks
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- caliginosity — darkness
- call of duty — responsibilities
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- calycoideous — calycoid
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
- cationically — in a cationic manner
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
- cell biology — the study of the biology of cells
- cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chalcography — the art of engraving on copper or brass
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- chlorophylls — Plural form of chlorophyll.
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chlorophytum — any plant of the genus Chlorophytum, esp C. elatum variegatum, grown as a pot plant for its long narrow leaves with a light central stripe, and characterized by the production of offsets at the end of long scapes: family Liliaceae
- chlorpyrifos — a broad-spectrum insecticide, C 9 H 11 Cl 3 NO 3 PS, used on lawns and ornamental plants.
- choicelessly — In a choiceless manner.