11-letter words containing e, c, l
- cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-chisel — to work upon (metal) with a cold chisel.
- cold-rolled — (of metal sheets, etc) having been rolled without heating, producing a smooth surface finish
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- colectomies — Plural form of colectomy.
- coleopteral — of or relating to the Coleoptera
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleopteron — a member of a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils
- coleoptiles — Plural form of coleoptile.
- coleorhizae — Plural form of coleorhiza.
- colicinogen — any bacterium that produces a colicin.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
- collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- collapsable — capable of collapsing or of being collapsed, as for carrying or storing.
- collapsible — A collapsible object is designed to be folded flat when it is not being used.
- collar cell — choanocyte.
- collarbones — Plural form of collarbone.
- collaterals — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- collectable — A collectable object is one which is valued very highly by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
- collectanea — a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
- collectedly — In a collected manner; calmly.
- collectible — that can be collected
- collections — Plural form of collection.
- collectives — Plural form of collective.
- college try — an enthusiastic attempt that utilizes all one's energy and resources
- collegially — collegiate.
- collegiates — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- collembolan — any small primitive wingless insect of the order Collembola, which comprises the springtails
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- collenchyme — Botany. a gelatinous, thickened, and usually elongated cell that is part of a layer of modified tissue in some plants.
- colleterial — relating to a glandular organ (colleterium) in some insects
- colligative — (of a physical property of a substance) depending on the concentrations of atoms, ions, and molecules that are present rather than on their nature
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- colliquable — capable of dissolving
- collocative — the act of collocating.
- collusively — in a collusive manner
- colonelcies — an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- colonelling — the act of behaving like a colonel
- colonialize — to make colonial
- colonizable — Capable of being colonized.
- colonoscope — an instrument for examining the colon, consisting of a flexible lighted tube that is inserted in the colon to look for abnormalities and to remove them or take tissue samples
- colophonies — Plural form of colophony.
- color force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.