12-letter words containing i, s, l
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- close-lipped — not talking or revealing much
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
- coalitionist — An advocate of coalition or a partner in a coalition.
- coast salish — (in Canada) a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- cohesionless — lacking cohesion
- colacobiosis — (among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- collectibles — capable of being collected.
- collectivise — Alternative spelling of collectivize.
- collectivism — Collectivism is the political belief that a country's industries and services should be owned and controlled by the state or by all the people in a country. Socialism and communism are both forms of collectivism.
- collectivist — Collectivist means relating to collectivism.
- collegialism — the theory that the church's highest authority is its collective membership
- collegiates' — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- collingswood — a city in SW New Jersey.
- collinsville — a city in SW Illinois.
- collocations — Plural form of collocation.
- colonialised — to make colonial.
- colonialists — Plural form of colonialist.
- colonialness — the quality of being colonial
- colonisation — Alternative spelling of colonization.
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- colorisation — The process of converting to color.
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- colourations — Plural form of colouration.
- colposcopist — an instrument that magnifies the cells of the cervix and vagina to permit direct observation and study of the living tissue.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- comma splice — comma fault.
- commensalism — a close association or union between two kinds of organisms, in which one is benefited by the relationship and the other is neither benefited nor harmed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- commissarial — Of or pertaining to a commissary.
- commodiously — In a commodious manner.
- commonalties — Plural form of commonalty.