12-letter words containing i, l, r
- claims ratio — The claims ratio is the percentage of claims costs incurred in relation to the premiums earned.
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clapper rail — a long-billed rail, Rallus longirostris, of coastal marshes of the Americas, having a harsh, cackling cry.
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clarion call — A clarion call is a strong and emotional appeal to people to do something.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- clerestories — Plural form of clerestory.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- clipped form — a shortened form of a word, as for example doc for doctor
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- cloisterless — a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- cocurricular — of or relating to a joint curriculum
- cold warrior — a person who engages in or promotes a cold war
- cold working — Cold working is a process in which metal is shaped at a fairly low temperature. This increases the metal's yield strength but makes it less ductile.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- coleorrhizae — protective sheath enclosing grass seedlings
- collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- color circle — a circular diagram displaying the colors of the spectrum as a sequence of segments of the circle and showing complementary colors opposite each other.
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- colorimetric — a device that analyzes color by measuring a given color in terms of a standard color, a scale of colors, or certain primary colors.