11-letter words containing o, s, e, l
- chess clock — a timer for chess players, having a dial for each player on which his or her accumulated time is recorded and a device for stopping one timer and starting the other at the end of each move.
- chiastolite — a variety of andalusite containing carbon impurities
- chisel plow — a soil tillage device pulled by a tractor or animal, used to break up and stir soil a foot or more beneath the surface without turning it.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- cholecystic — gallbladder.
- cholestasis — the medical condition characterized by the inability of bile to pass normally out of the liver due to blockage or impairment
- cholestatic — of or relating to cholestasis
- cholesteric — resulting from the reaction of nitric acid and cholesterin and producing cholesterates
- cholesterin — a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
- cholesterol — Cholesterol is a substance that exists in the fat, tissues, and blood of all animals. Too much cholesterol in a person's blood can cause heart disease.
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chroniclers — Plural form of chronicler.
- chrysoberyl — a rare very hard greenish-yellow mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in orthorhombic crystalline form and occurring in coarse granite: used as a gemstone in the form of cat's eye and alexandrite. Formula: BeAl2O4
- chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
- chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
- cladocerans — Plural form of cladoceran.
- classloader — (computing, Java) A mechanism for dynamically loading classes into a virtual machine.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clean house — to clean and put a home in order
- 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
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
- cliometrics — the study of economic history using statistics and computer analysis
- clock speed — clock rate
- clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
- cloisonnage — cloisonné work
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- 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.
- closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- closed rule — a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.
- closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
- closed term — (theory) A term with no free variables.