11-letter words containing g, e, l, c
- 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
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- clientelage — (dated) clientele; customers or patrons.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- climategate — the scandal surrounding the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit whose researchers were accused of manipulating statistics on climate change to make global warming appear less of a threat
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- cloisonnage — cloisonné work
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
- closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
- clothes-peg — a clothespin.
- cluster leg — a leg having the form of a cluster of columns or shafts.
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
- colicinogen — any bacterium that produces a colicin.
- 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.
- college try — an enthusiastic attempt that utilizes all one's energy and resources
- collegially — collegiate.
- collegiates — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- 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
- colonelling — the act of behaving like a colonel
- complecting — Present participle of complect.
- conflagrate — to catch or set on fire
- congealment — The act of congealing.
- congelation — the process of congealing
- congenially — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
- congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- conglobated — in the form of a globe or ball
- congruently — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
- conjugately — In a conjugate manner.
- consigliere — a trusted adviser, esp in a criminal organization
- consiglieri — Plural form of consigliere.
- corn gluten — gluten separated from corn during milling, used primarily as a livestock feed.
- corner flag — a flag placed on a short pole marking a corner of a football pitch
- correlating — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- cosmetology — the work of beauty therapists, including hairdressing, facials, manicures, etc
- cosmologies — Plural form of cosmology.
- cost ledger — a subsidiary ledger in which are recorded the costs of goods produced or services supplied.
- counselings — professional guidance in resolving personal conflicts and emotional problems.
- counselling — Counselling is advice which a therapist or other expert gives to someone about a particular problem.
- counterglow — gegenschein.
- cover glass — a thin square of mounted glass used to protect a photographic slide
- cow college — an agricultural college