11-letter words containing n, e, s, t, c
- clean sheet — an instance of conceding no goals or points in a match or competition (esp in the phrase keep a clean sheet)
- clean slate — a record without dishonour
- cleisthenes — 6th century bc, Athenian statesman: democratized the political structure of Athens
- clementines — an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- client base — A business's client base is the same as its customer base.
- clientelism — A political system based on personal relations rather than personal merits.
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- close to/on — Close to a particular amount or distance means slightly less than that amount or distance. In British English, you can also say close on a particular amount or distance.
- 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.
- coade stone — a ceramic imitation of carved stonework popular in England around 1800.
- coast range — a series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from Baja California to SE Alaska.
- coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
- cobblestone — Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coenobitism — the practice of coenobites
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- coexistence — The coexistence of one thing with another is the fact that they exist together at the same time or in the same place.
- coextension — The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
- coextensive — of the same limits or extent
- coextrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- cognoscente — a person with special knowledge in some field, esp. in the fine arts
- cognoscenti — The cognoscenti are the people who know a lot about a particular subject.
- collections — Plural form of collection.
- coltishness — The state or condition of being coltish.
- commitments — the act of committing.
- communities — Plural form of community.
- compactness — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- compensated — Simple past tense and past participle of compensate.
- compensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compensate.
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- competences — Plural form of competence.
- complements — Plural form of complement.
- completions — Plural form of completion.
- compliments — a greeting of respect or regard
- concavities — Plural form of concavity.
- conceitless — lacking thought; stupid
- conceptions — Plural form of conception.
- conceptious — prolific or fruitful
- conceptuses — Plural form of conceptus.
- concertinas — Plural form of concertina.
- concertinos — Plural form of concertino.
- conciliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conciliate.
- concrescent — Growing together.
- concretions — Plural form of concretion.
- condensates — Plural form of condensate.
- conductress — a female conductor