11-letter words containing e, y, l
- causelessly — in a manner without cause or reason
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cayuga lake — lake in WC N.Y., one of the Finger Lakes: 38 mi (61 km) long
- ceaselessly — without stop or pause; unending; incessant.
- cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- celery pine — a New Zealand gymnosperm tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with celerylike shoots and useful wood: family Phyllocladaceae
- celery salt — a seasoning made of salt and ground celery seed
- celestially — pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body.
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- certifiably — capable of being certified.
- ceylon moss — a red East Indian seaweed, Gracilaria lichenoides, from which agar is made
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
- chancellery — A chancellery is the building where a chancellor has his offices.
- chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- charmlessly — in a charmless manner
- cheerlessly — In a cheerless manner.
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
- cherry hill — city in SW N.J., east of Camden: pop. 70,000
- cherry plum — a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit
- chessplayer — a player of chess
- chimneylike — resembling a chimney
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- cholecystic — gallbladder.
- chrysalides — the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly; an obtect pupa.
- chrysalises — Plural form of chrysalis.
- chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- circinately — In a circinate fashion.
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
- cloudlessly — Without clouds.
- cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
- coelioscopy — a medical procedure for examining the abdomen
- coffeyville — a city in SE Kansas.
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- 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-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.