11-letter words containing m, c, l
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- chromosomal — Chromosomal means relating to or connected with chromosomes.
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- chylomicron — a minute droplet of fat, found in blood and chyle, that is the form in which dietary fat is carried in these fluids
- cinematical — Of or pertaining to the cinema; cinematic.
- circle time — a time in which pre-school or primary school children sit in a circle and take turns to speak, usually with possession of a circulated object being the sign of whose turn it is
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- circumflect — to emphasize with a circumflex accent
- circumlunar — around or revolving around the moon
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- circumsolar — surrounding or rotating around the sun
- circumvolve — to (cause to) turn around
- cirrocumuli — Plural form of cirrocumulus.
- clackmannan — a town in E central Scotland, in Clackmannanshire. Pop: 3450 (2001)
- clam shells — the shell of a clam.
- clamatorial — of or relating to the American flycatchers (family Tyrannidae)
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clamorously — full of, marked by, or of the nature of clamor.
- classicisms — Plural form of classicism.
- claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
- cleanlimbed — having shapely limbs
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- clement iii — (Paolo Scolari) died 1191, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187–91.
- clement vii — original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478–1534, pope (1523–34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)
- clement xii — (Lorenzo Corsini) 1652–1740, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1730–40.
- clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
- clementines — an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- clericalism — a policy of upholding the power of the clergy
- clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
- clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
- clientelism — A political system based on personal relations rather than personal merits.
- climacteric — a critical event or period
- climategate — the scandal surrounding the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit whose researchers were accused of manipulating statistics on climate change to make global warming appear less of a threat
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatizing — to acclimate to a new environment.
- climatology — the study of climate
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- clindamycin — an antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections
- clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
- clinometric — (of crystals) having oblique angles between one or all axes.
- cliometrics — the study of economic history using statistics and computer analysis
- clock-timer — timer (def 4).
- closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
- closed term — (theory) A term with no free variables.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus