12-letter words containing l, s, e, r
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- clerestories — Plural form of clerestory.
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- cloisterless — a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- clos network — (networking) A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
- close-reefed — having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- 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 tree — an upright pole with branching hooks or pegs near the top to hold coats and hats
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- clotheshorse — a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
- 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.
- cluster area — a place where a concentration of a particular phenomenon is found
- 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.
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- cock lobster — a male lobster
- 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.
- color scheme — In a room or house, the color scheme is the way in which colors have been used to decorate it.
- color-caster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- colour slide — a colour transparency
- column dress — a very straight, close-fitting dress.
- comfortables — Plural form of comfortable.
- commiserable — worthy of commiseration; pitiable
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.