11-letter words containing l, i, o, n, c, e
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- chlorine 36 — the radioactive isotope of chlorine having a mass number 36 and a half-life of about 440,000 years, used chiefly as a tracer.
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
- cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
- chroniclers — Plural form of chronicler.
- cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
- cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
- citronellal — a colourless slightly water-soluble liquid with a lemon-like odour, a terpene aldehyde found esp in citronella and certain eucalyptus oils: used as a flavouring and in soaps and perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2C:CH(CH2)2CH(CH3)CH2CHO
- citronellol — an alcohol present in oils from various aromatic plant species
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- clinochlore — a mineral similar to chlorite in appearance
- clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
- clinometric — (of crystals) having oblique angles between one or all axes.
- cloisonnage — cloisonné work
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothesline — A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- clown white — white facial makeup used by performers, as clowns.
- co-relation — correlation
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- colicinogen — any bacterium that produces a colicin.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collections — Plural form of collection.
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- colonelcies — an officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps ranking between lieutenant colonel and brigadier general: corresponding to a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- colonelling — the act of behaving like a colonel
- colonialize — to make colonial
- colonizable — Capable of being colonized.
- colophonies — Plural form of colophony.
- color index — the difference between the apparent photographic magnitude and the apparent visual magnitude of a star.
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
- coltishness — The state or condition of being coltish.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- comicalness — The state or quality of being comical.
- communalise — Alternative form of communalize.
- communalize — to render (something) the property of a commune or community
- companiable — sociable
- compilement — a compilation
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.