11-letter words containing e, c, l
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- clapperclaw — to claw or scratch with the hands and nails
- clarabellas — Plural form of clarabella.
- clarinetist — A clarinetist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clark gable — (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.
- clarksville — city in N Tenn., on the Cumberland River: pop. 103,000
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- classicized — Simple past tense and past participle of classicize.
- classifieds — The classifieds are the same as classified ad.
- classifiers — Plural form of classifier.
- classloader — (computing, Java) A mechanism for dynamically loading classes into a virtual machine.
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- clean hands — freedom from guilt
- clean house — to clean and put a home in order
- clean sheet — an instance of conceding no goals or points in a match or competition (esp in the phrase keep a clean sheet)
- clean slate — a record without dishonour
- clean sweep — an overwhelming victory
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- cleanhanded — free from guilt
- cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
- cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
- cleanshaven — having all the hairs shaved off
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- clear water — a city in W Florida.
- clearheaded — having or indicating a clear mind; lucid; unconfused
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleisthenes — 6th century bc, Athenian statesman: democratized the political structure of Athens
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- clement iii — (Paolo Scolari) died 1191, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187–91.
- clement vii — original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478–1534, pope (1523–34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)
- clement xii — (Lorenzo Corsini) 1652–1740, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1730–40.
- clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
- clementines — an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- clericalism — a policy of upholding the power of the clergy
- clericalist — Of or pertaining to clericalism.
- clerk vicar — a lay officer in a cathedral who performs those parts of a service not reserved to the priests.
- clerkliness — (obsolete) scholarship.
- clever dick — a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his or her own ability or knowledge
- clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
- client base — A business's client base is the same as its customer base.