10-letter words containing i, l, a
- california — a state on the W coast of the US: the third largest state in area and the largest in population; consists of a narrow, warm coastal plain rising to the Coast Range, deserts in the south, the fertile central valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in the east; major industries include the growing of citrus fruits and grapes, fishing, oil production, electronics, information technology, and films. Capital: Sacramento. Pop: 35 484 453 (2003 est). Area: 411 015 sq km (158 693 sq miles)
- caliginous — dark; dim
- caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
- caliphates — Plural form of caliphate.
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- calla lily — any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
- calla-lily — Also called calla lily, arum lily. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, especially Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike.
- calligraph — to produce by means of calligraphy: The love letter was calligraphed in a delicate hand.
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- calliopsis — coreopsis
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- caloricity — Ectothermy.
- calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- calyciform — having the form of a calyx
- camarillas — Plural form of camarilla.
- camel hair — the hair of the camel, used especially for cloth, painters' brushes, and Oriental rugs.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- camel-hair — A camel-hair coat is made of a kind of soft, thick woollen cloth, usually creamy-brown in colour.
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- cameralism — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- cameralist — any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
- caml light — A small portable implementation of a version of CAML by Xavier Leroy <[email protected]> and Damien Doligez of INRIA. Caml Light uses a bytecode interpreter written in C. It adds a Modula-2-like module system, separate compilation, lazy streams for parsing and printing, graphics primitives and an interface with C. Version 0.6 runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Atari ST and Amiga. It includes an interpreter, compiler, Emacs mode, libraries, scanner generator, parser generator, run-time support and an interactive development environment. The latest version, as of April 2003, is 0.75 and runs on Unix, Macintosh and Windows. The development of Caml Light has been stopped; current development is on Objective Caml. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- canaliculi — a small canal or tubular passage, as in bone.
- canalising — Present participle of canalise.
- canalizing — Present participle of canalize.
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- candelilla — either of two wax-coated Mexican shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis (or bracteatus)
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- cannabinol — a non-psychoactive cannabinoid, C21H26O
- cannellini — a cannellini bean
- cannelloni — Cannelloni is large tube-shaped pieces of pasta that contain a filling of meat, cheese, or vegetables.
- cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
- cannibally — in the manner of a cannibal
- canola oil — rapeseed oil
- canonicals — the vestments worn by clergy when officiating
- canoodling — Present participle of canoodle.
- canophilia — the love of dogs
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- cantilenas — Plural form of cantilena.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cantillate — to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody