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11-letter words containing o, c, e, l

  • cinderblock — Made of cinder blocks.
  • cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
  • circumvolve — to (cause to) turn around
  • citronellal — a colourless slightly water-soluble liquid with a lemon-like odour, a terpene aldehyde found esp in citronella and certain eucalyptus oils: used as a flavouring and in soaps and perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2C:CH(CH2)2CH(CH3)CH2CHO
  • citronellol — an alcohol present in oils from various aromatic plant species
  • cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
  • clapboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of clapboard.
  • clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
  • clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
  • classloader — (computing, Java) A mechanism for dynamically loading classes into a virtual machine.
  • clavigerous — bearing a key or club
  • clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
  • 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
  • cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
  • cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
  • cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
  • clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
  • cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
  • cleptomania — kleptomania
  • clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
  • clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
  • clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
  • clinochlore — a mineral similar to chlorite in appearance
  • 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
  • clipper bow — a bow having a concave stem and a hollow entrance.
  • clock speed — clock rate
  • clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
  • clock-timer — timer (def 4).
  • clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
  • cloisonnage — cloisonné work
  • cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
  • clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
  • clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
  • close brace — right brace
  • close order — an arrangement of troops in compact units at close intervals and distances, as for marching
  • close quote — (used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation.)
  • close ranks — to maintain discipline or solidarity, esp in anticipation of attack
  • close reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
  • close round — to encircle; surround
  • close shave — a narrow escape
  • 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.
  • close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
  • close-stool — a wooden stool containing a covered chamber pot
  • closed book — something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
  • closed door — held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public: a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.
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