12-letter words containing l, i, s, t, e
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celestine ii — (Guido di Castello) flourished 12th century, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1143–44.
- celestine iv — (Godfrey Castiglione) died 1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1241.
- celtic cross — a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection
- 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
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- 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
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- city slicker — If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life.
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- clerestories — Plural form of clerestory.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- 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.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- clinozoisite — a monoclinic mineral, hydrous calcium aluminum silicate, a variety of epidote, dimorphous with zoisite.
- cloisterless — a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
- clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- collectibles — capable of being collected.
- collectivise — Alternative spelling of collectivize.
- collectivism — Collectivism is the political belief that a country's industries and services should be owned and controlled by the state or by all the people in a country. Socialism and communism are both forms of collectivism.