12-letter words containing l, e, s
- businesslike — If you describe someone as businesslike, you mean that they deal with things in an efficient way without wasting time.
- busted flush — a poker hand with four cards of the same suit that fails to form a flush when the final card is dealt
- by all means — You can say 'by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something.
- by the balls — so as to be rendered powerless
- by wholesale — at wholesale
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- c'est la vie — that's life
- cable stitch — a pattern or series of knitting stitches producing a design like a twisted rope
- cable-stitch — a series of stitches used in knitting to produce a cable effect.
- cablecasting — relating to broadcasting by cable
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- cadet school — a training establishment for cadets in the army
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- caesar salad — Caesar salad is a type of salad containing lettuce, eggs, cheese, and small pieces of fried bread, served with a dressing of oil, vinegar, and herbs.
- calabrasella — a card game for three persons that is played with a 40-card pack made by removing the eights, nines, and tens from a regular 52-card pack.
- calcareously — in a calcareous manner
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- call letters — Call letters are the letters and numbers which identify a person, vehicle, or organization that is broadcasting on the radio or sending messages by radio.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calorescence — the absorption of radiation by a body, subsequently re-emitted at a higher frequency (lower wavelength)
- calorimeters — Plural form of calorimeter.
- calycoideous — calycoid
- camel's hair — the hair of the camel
- camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- cameralistic — of or relating to public finance.
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- candlesticks — Plural form of candlestick.
- cannibalised — Simple past tense and past participle of cannibalise.
- cannibalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cannibalize.
- canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- carelessness — not paying enough attention to what one does: a careless typist.
- carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
- carol stream — a town in NE Illinois.
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
- cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide