12-letter words containing e, o, l
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- counterworld — an alternative world opposite to the virtual world
- country lane — a narrow country road, often bordered by hedges
- country life — life in the country
- country mile — a long way
- county clerk — a senior local government official
- couple-close — Heraldry. a narrow chevron, one-quarter the usual breadth.
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courtierlike — resembling a courtier in manner
- courtly love — a tradition represented in Western European literature between the 12th and the 14th centuries, idealizing love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady
- cover letter — A cover letter is the same as a covering letter.
- covert cloth — a twill-weave cotton or worsted suiting fabric
- cowardliness — lacking courage; contemptibly timid.
- coxless four — a boat for four oarsman and no cox
- cradleboards — Plural form of cradleboard.
- craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
- crenellation — to furnish with crenels or battlements.
- crenulations — Plural form of crenulation.
- creolization — (of a pidgin language) the process of becoming a creole
- crepusculous — Alternative form of crepuscular.
- cristobalite — a white microcrystalline mineral consisting of silica and occurring in volcanic rocks. Formula: SiO2
- crookes lens — a type of lens, used in sunglasses, that is made from glass containing cerium. It reduces the transmission of ultraviolet radiation
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- croquet lawn — a lawn where croquet is played
- cross volley — (in tennis) a volley across the court
- cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
- cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crowd-puller — If you describe a performer or event as a crowd-puller, you mean that they attract a large audience.
- crown antler — the topmost prong of a stag's antler.
- crown jewels — the jewellery, including the regalia, used by a sovereign on a state occasion
- cryptolocker — (security) The best known example of the kind of malware known as ransomware. CryptoLocker encrypts files on your computer and then demands that you send the malware operator money in order to have the files decrypted. According to FBI estimates, CryptoLocker had more than 500,000 victims between September 2013 and May 2014. Around 1.3 percent paid to free their files, earning the malware makers around $3 million. The criminal network was smashed by authorities and security researchers in May 2014 and a tool put online to decryt victim's files for free.
- cuckooflower — a bitter cress (Cardamine pratensis) bearing white or rose flowers; lady's-smock
- culture hero — a mythical or mythicized historical figure who embodies the aspirations or ideals of a society.
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- customisable — Alternative spelling of customizable.
- customizable — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.