12-letter words containing l, a, t, e, n
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
- central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
- central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
- central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
- central-fire — center-fire.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
- centuplicate — to increase 100 times
- chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
- chalcanthite — a blue secondary mineral consisting of hydrated copper sulphate in triclinic crystalline form. Formula: CuSO4.5H2O
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- 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.
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- clean eating — the practice of following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
- cleanability — the ability to be cleaned
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- client state — A client state is a country which is controlled or influenced by another larger and more powerful state, or which depends on this state for support and protection.
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- coelenterata — the phylum comprising the coelenterates.
- coelenterate — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
- coincidental — Something that is coincidental is the result of a coincidence and has not been deliberately arranged.
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.