12-letter words containing l, o, s
- 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 moth — any of various tineid moths, esp Tineola bisselliella, the larvae of which feed on wool or fur
- clothes pole — a post to which a clothesline is attached
- clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- clothes shop — a shop selling clothes
- clothes tree — an upright pole with branching hooks or pegs near the top to hold coats and hats
- 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.
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- clotheshorse — a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- cloverleaves — Plural form of cloverleaf.
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- 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.
- coal scuttle — A coal scuttle is a container for keeping coal in.
- coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
- coalitionist — An advocate of coalition or a partner in a coalition.
- coast salish — (in Canada) a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
- cobblestones — Plural form of cobblestone.
- cock lobster — a male lobster
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- cockleshells — Plural form of cockleshell.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- cohesionless — lacking cohesion
- colacobiosis — (among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- cold-pressed — (of an unrefined oil such as olive oil) produced by pressing the parent seed, nut, or grain at the lowest possible temperature without any further pressing
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
- collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
- collagenases — Plural form of collagenase.
- collectables — capable of being collected.
- 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.
- collectivist — Collectivist means relating to collectivism.
- collegialism — the theory that the church's highest authority is its collective membership
- collegiates' — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- collembolous — of or relating to colembolans
- collingswood — a city in SW New Jersey.
- collinsville — a city in SW Illinois.