10-letter words containing e, l, i, c
- cobweblike — Resembling or characteristic of a cobweb.
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
- coeliotomy — (surgery) A surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
- coelomatic — of or relating to a coelom
- coequality — The condition of being coequal.
- coercively — serving or tending to coerce.
- coffinlike — Resembling a coffin.
- cognisable — Alternative form of cognizable.
- cognizable — perceptible
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- colatitude — the complement of the celestial latitude
- colchicine — a pale-yellow crystalline alkaloid extracted from seeds or corms of the autumn crocus. It is used in the treatment of gout and to create polyploid plants by inhibiting chromosome separation during meiosis. Formula: C22H25NO6
- colemanite — a colourless or white glassy mineral consisting of hydrated calcium borate in monoclinic crystalline form. It occurs with and is a source of borax. Formula: Ca2B6O11.5H2O
- coleoptile — a protective sheath around the plumule in grasses
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- colestipol — a drug that reduces the concentration of cholesterol in the blood: used, together with dietary restriction of cholesterol, to treat selected patients with hypercholesterolaemia and so prevent atherosclerosis
- collecting — A collecting tin or box is one that is used to collect money for charity.
- collection — A collection of things is a group of similar things that you have deliberately acquired, usually over a period of time.
- collective — Collective actions, situations, or feelings involve or are shared by every member of a group of people.
- collegians — Plural form of collegian.
- collegiate — Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students.
- collieries — Plural form of colliery.
- colligated — Simple past tense and past participle of colligate.
- collimated — Simple past tense and past participle of collimate.
- collimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collimate.
- colliquate — to melt or cause to melt
- colloquies — a conversational exchange; dialogue.
- colloquize — to engage in colloquy
- colonisers — Plural form of coloniser.
- colonizers — to establish a colony in; settle: England colonized Australia.
- color line — A color line is the set of social, economic or political barriers that exist between different racial groups.
- colorfield — of, relating to, or characteristic of abstract painting in which large, flat areas of color are spread to cover the entire canvas and dominate over form and texture.
- colorslide — a color transparency, mounted usually between cardboard or plastic masks or glass plates, for projection onto a screen.
- colourizer — a person or thing that colourizes
- columbines — Plural form of columbine.
- combinable — capable of combining or being combined.
- combinedly — made by combining; joined; united, as in a chemical compound.
- come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- comeliness — pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
- comestible — food
- commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
- commingled — Simple past tense and past participle of commingle.
- compatible — If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
- compelling — A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- competible — (obsolete) Compatible.
- compilable — (computing) That can be compiled.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.