12-letter words containing o, n, l, a
- cancellation — the fact or an instance of cancelling
- cancelpoodle — (messaging) (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
- candleholder — a candlestick
- cannonballed — Simple past tense and past participle of cannonball.
- canoe slalom — a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.
- canola (oil) — an oil derived from the seed of any of several varieties of the rape plant, used in cooking, salad dressings, etc.: it is low in saturated fats
- canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
- canonicalize — (transitive, computing) To convert (data) into canonical form.
- cantillation — the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon black — a black finely divided form of amorphous carbon produced by incomplete combustion of natural gas or petroleum: used to reinforce rubber and in the manufacture of pigments and ink
- carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
- carbon steel — steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
- carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
- carillonneur — a person who plays a carillon
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cash journal — cashbook.
- cassel brown — Vandyke brown.
- castellation — Architecture. built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements.
- cationically — in a cationic manner
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
- centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
- centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- change color — to become pale
- channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chlorination — Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
- chlorocarbon — a chemical compound containing carbon and chlorine, as carbon tetrachloride, or containing carbon, chlorine, and hydrogen, as chloroform.
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- chondroblast — a type of cell that develops into a chondrocyte or cartilage cell