11-letter words containing i, l, a
- crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
- crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- cuitlacoche — corn smut.
- culminating — final; decisive
- culmination — Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
- culminative — (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.
- culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cultivating — Present participle of cultivate.
- cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- cultivators — Plural form of cultivator.
- culturalism — A belief system that emphasizes the role of culture.
- culturalize — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- curialistic — of or relating to curialism or curialists
- curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
- curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
- curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
- curvilinear — consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cutlassfish — any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
- cyclazocine — an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin
- cyclicality — the property or characteristic of being cyclical
- cyclization — the process by which the atoms of a compound become a closed ring
- cyclolignan — (organic chemistry) Any lignan having an additional ring.
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- cycloplegia — paralysis of the muscles that adjust the shape of the lens of the eye, resulting in loss of ability to focus
- cyclothymia — a condition characterized by periodical swings of mood between excitement and depression, activity and inactivity
- cylindrical — Something that is cylindrical is in the shape of a cylinder.
- cynicalness — The state or quality of being cynical.
- cytoclastic — destructive to cells.
- cytological — Of, or relating to cytology or cytologists.
- cytomegalic — of or relating to a disease characterized by enlarged cells
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- daily dozen — gymnastic setting-up exercises (originally twelve) done daily
- daily grind — everyday work routine
- daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- damselflies — Plural form of damselfly.
- danger list — on
- danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
- danish loaf — a large white loaf with a centre split having the top crust dusted with flour, esp one baked on the sole of the oven
- darlingness — the quality or characteristic of being darling, sweet, or charming
- das kapital — a work (1867) by Karl Marx, dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based.
- dasht-i-lut — a desert plateau in central and E central Iran
- dating nail — a nail driven into a wooden tie, pole, etc., bearing on its head the date of installation or last treatment of the timber.
- deadeningly — in a deadening manner
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- deadly sins — the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth