11-letter words containing g, l, c
- ceiling fan — a fan fitted to the ceiling
- celebrating — Present participle of celebrate.
- centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
- cephalalgia — headache (def 1).
- cephalalgic — relating to or affected by headache
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- cereologist — Someone who studies crop circles, especially one who believes that they are not man-made or formed by other terrestrial processes.
- cervicalgia — Neck pain.
- ch'ien lung — (Kao Tsung) 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.
- chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
- challengers — Plural form of challenger.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chirurgical — relating to, carrying out or expert in surgery
- chisellings — a series of chiselled or engraved markings
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
- cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
- choplogical — (rare) Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
- chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
- chronicling — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronologer — A chronologist.
- chronologic — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
- chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
- circulating — Moving about freely.
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clark gable — (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.
- classifying — Denoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal ).
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- 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
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatizing — to acclimate to a new environment.