12-letter words containing l, e, s
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- cat's cradle — a game played by making intricate patterns with a loop of string between the fingers
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- cattle class — a jocular name for the economy-class section of an airliner, in which passengers have little space to move
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- celestine ii — (Guido di Castello) flourished 12th century, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1143–44.
- celestine iv — (Godfrey Castiglione) died 1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1241.
- cellarmaster — a person in charge of a wine cellar.
- celtic cross — a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection
- cement steel — steel produced by the cementation of wrought iron or mild steel.
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- 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.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- chamberlains — Plural form of chamberlain.
- changelessly — In a changeless manner.
- channel bass — red drum.
- channel surf — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surf — to switch TV channels repeatedly using a remote-control device, usually so as to sample brief segments of programs
- channelising — Present participle of channelise.
- chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- charles drew — Charles Richard, 1904–50, U.S. physician: developer of blood-bank technique.
- charles epee — Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
- charles viii — 1470–98, king of France 1483–98 (son of Louis XI).
- charles' law — the principle that all gases expand equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant pressure: also that the pressures of all gases increase equally for the same rise of temperature if they are held at constant volume. The law is now known to be only true for ideal gases
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- cheerfulness — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
- cheerleaders — Plural form of cheerleader.
- cheese cloth — a lightweight cotton fabric of open texture.
- chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chelicerates — Plural form of chelicerate.
- chesterfield — a man's knee-length overcoat, usually with a fly front to conceal the buttons and having a velvet collar
- cheval glass — full-length mirror that can swivel