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12-letter words containing l, a, c, e, d

  • cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
  • cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
  • cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
  • chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
  • chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
  • chandeliered — having a chandelier
  • char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
  • cheerleaders — Plural form of cheerleader.
  • cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
  • chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.
  • child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
  • childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
  • childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
  • chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
  • chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
  • chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
  • cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
  • circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
  • circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
  • civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
  • clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
  • clapperboard — A clapperboard consists of two pieces of wood that are connected by a hinge and hit together before each scene when making a film, to make it easier to match the sound and pictures of different scenes.
  • class method — (programming)   1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
  • claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
  • clean bowled — bowled by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the batsman or his bat
  • clean-handed — free from wrongdoing; guiltless.
  • clean-limbed — having well-proportioned limbs
  • clear as mud — not at all clear
  • clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
  • clearsighted — seeing clearly
  • close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
  • 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-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
  • closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
  • closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
  • clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
  • coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
  • coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
  • cold cathode — a cathode from which electrons are emitted at ambient temperature, due to a high potential gradient at the surface
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