10-letter words containing l, a, c, e
- campanella — Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- campestral — of or relating to open fields or country
- campobello — an island in the Bay of Fundy, off the coast of SE Canada: part of New Brunswick province. Pop: 1195 (2001). Area: about 52 sq km (20 sq miles)
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- canal zone — a former administrative region of the US, on the Isthmus of Panama around the Panama Canal: bordered on each side by the Republic of Panama, into which it was incorporated in 1979
- cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- cancelable — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancelbots — Plural form of cancelbot.
- cancellate — having a spongy or porous internal structure
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cancellous — having a porous or spongelike structure
- candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
- candelilla — either of two wax-coated Mexican shrubs, Euphorbia antisyphilitica or Pedilanthus pavonis (or bracteatus)
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- 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
- candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cannellini — a cannellini bean
- cannelloni — Cannelloni is large tube-shaped pieces of pasta that contain a filling of meat, cheese, or vegetables.
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- cannelures — Plural form of cannelure.
- cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
- cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- canteloube — (Marie) Joseph (French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)
- 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
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- cape blanc — a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa
- cape coral — city in SW Fla.: pop. 102,000
- cape flats — the strip of low-lying land in South Africa joining the Cape Peninsula proper to the African mainland
- capillaire — a syrup flavoured with maidenhair fern or orange flower water
- capitalise — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalize — If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- capsizable — able to be capsized