12-letter words containing l, e, c, u, o
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- 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
- churchpeople — people belonging to a church
- circumboreal — of or having to do with plants and animals inhabiting boreal regions of North America and Eurasia
- circumlocute — to speak in a circuitous way
- circumvolute — To roll, curl or twist around.
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- clerodendrum — any of numerous tropical trees or shrubs of the genus Clerodendrum, having clusters of variously colored flowers.
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- closet queen — a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- cloture rule — a rule adopted by the United States Senate in 1917 that enables the breaking of a filibuster
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coal scuttle — A coal scuttle is a container for keeping coal in.
- coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
- collembolous — of or relating to colembolans
- colliquative — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- colour index — the difference between the apparent magnitude of a star measured in one standard waveband and in a longer standard waveband, indicating its colour and temperature
- colour model — (graphics) Any system for representing colours as ordered sets of numbers. The most common colour models are RGB, CMYK, and HSB. There are several others, e.g. CMY, and the "Lab" system(?). See also: Pantone.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- colour-coded — Things that are colour-coded use colours to represent different features or functions.
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- combustibles — Plural form of combustible.
- come unglued — If something comes unglued, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- computerless — having no computer
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
- conductively — In a conductive manner.