11-letter words containing n, u, c, l
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- blue screen — a special effects film technique involving filming actors against a blue screen on which effects such as computerized graphics can be added later and integrated into a single sequence
- blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
- bluejacking — the practice of using one Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to gain access to another, esp in order to send anonymous text messages
- buckle down — If you buckle down to something, you start working seriously at it.
- bull-necked — having a short thick neck
- bunch light — a light consisting of a group of small light bulbs mounted in a reflecting box.
- bunchflower — a tall plant (Melanthium virginicum) of the lily family, growing in the E U.S. and having large clusters of white or greenish flowers
- bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
- calcineurin — (enzyme) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells.
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- calculation — A calculation is something that you think about and work out mathematically. Calculation is the process of working something out mathematically.
- californium — a metallic transuranic element artificially produced from curium. Symbol: Cf; atomic no: 98; half-life of most stable isotope, 251Cf: 800 years (approx.)
- call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- call number — the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location
- callousness — made hard; hardened.
- calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
- calumniates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate.
- calumniator — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- canalicular — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a canaliculus.
- canaliculus — a small channel, furrow, or groove, as in some bones and parts of plants
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
- cannulation — a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulizing — Present participle of capsulize.
- carbuncular — of, relating to, or resembling a carbuncle, especially having a carbuncle or a red and inflamed area.
- carefulness — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carunculate — having a caruncle.
- casein glue — a glue made from casein, used for plywood, cabinetwork, etc.
- castellanus — (of a cloud) having small turrets.
- cataloguing — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
- causational — the action of causing or producing.
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cavernulous — possessing or being full of small cavities
- celebutante — a young woman from a wealthy background who becomes a celebrity
- cell fusion — the merging of two or more cells into a single cell.
- centrifugal — acting, moving, or tending to move away from a centre
- ch'ien lung — (Kao Tsung) 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.
- chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- chelsea bun — a rolled yeast currant bun decorated with sugar
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.