11-letter words containing n, l, s, t
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- clarinetist — A clarinetist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
- 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.
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- 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.
- cnidoblasts — the cell within which a nematocyst is developed.
- cobblestone — Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- collections — Plural form of collection.
- colocynthis — Obsolete form of colocynth.
- colonialist — Colonialist means relating to colonialism.
- coltishness — The state or condition of being coltish.
- columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
- common salt — salt1 (def 1).
- communalist — An advocate of communalism.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- complements — Plural form of complement.
- completions — Plural form of completion.
- compliments — a greeting of respect or regard
- conceitless — lacking thought; stupid
- conciliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conciliate.
- congestible — to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
- conirostral — (of a bird) having a bill shaped like a cone
- consimility — consimilitude
- consolating — Present participle of consolate.
- consolation — the act of consoling or state of being consoled; solace
- consolatory — consoling or tending to console; comforting
- consolatrix — a woman who consoles
- consolement — consolation
- consolidate — If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure.
- consonantal — relating to, functioning as, or constituting a consonant, such as the semivowel w in English work
- consonantly — Phonetics. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing (p, b; t, d; k, g), diverting (m, n, ng), or obstructing (f, v; s, z, etc.) the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to vowel). (in a syllable) any sound other than the sound of greatest sonority in the syllable, as b, r, and g in brig (opposed to sonant). Compare vowel (def 1b). (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with vowel, as the b of be, the w of we, the y, s, and t of yeast, etc.
- constellate — to form into clusters in or as if in constellations
- construable — that can be construed
- consultancy — A consultancy is a company that gives expert advice on a particular subject.
- consultants — Plural form of consultant.
- contactless — A contactless credit card or payment system uses technology that recognizes electronic data, and does not require the customer's signature or personal identification number.