11-letter words containing n, u, l
- 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.
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
- chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
- circulating — Moving about freely.
- circulation — The circulation of a newspaper or magazine is the number of copies that are sold each time it is produced.
- circumlunar — around or revolving around the moon
- civil union — a legally recognized marriage-like union of same-sex partners
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- clean house — to clean and put a home in order
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- clinandrium — a cavity in the upper part of the column of an orchid flower that contains the anthers
- close round — to encircle; surround
- club fungus — basidiomycete
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- cluj-napoca — city in Transylvania, NW Romania: pop. 322,000
- coagulating — Present participle of coagulate.
- coagulation — Coagulation is the process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid, for example, the process that results in the formation of a blood clot.
- coconut oil — the fatty oil obtained from the meat of the coconut and used for making soap, cosmetics, etc
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- collunarium — a solution for application in the nose; nose drops.
- colour line — the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)