10-letter words containing o, s, l
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- click stop — a control device, as in a camera, that can be turned or rotated so that when it reaches a specific setting it engages with an audible click.
- clingstone — a fruit, such as certain peaches, in which the flesh tends to adhere to the stone
- clinkstone — a variety of phonolite that makes a metallic sound when struck
- clinostats — Plural form of clinostat.
- clipboards — Plural form of clipboard.
- clistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- cloakrooms — Plural form of cloakroom.
- clogginess — The state or quality of being cloggy.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloisterer — a person who lives in a cloister
- cloistress — a nun
- clonotypes — Plural form of clonotype.
- close call — a narrow escape from danger
- close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
- close shot — closeup (def 2).
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- close work — work that involves focusing your eyes on a nearby object, such as a book or computer screen, for a prolonged period of time
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- closed set — a set that includes all the values obtained by application of a given operation to its members
- closed-end — of or pertaining to an investment company issuing a fixed number of shares which are traded on an exchange
- closedness — The property of being closed.
- closedowns — Plural form of closedown.
- closestool — Alternative form of close-stool.
- clostridia — Plural form of clostridium.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- clottiness — the condition of being clotty
- cloud base — the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer.
- cloudburst — A cloudburst is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
- cloudiness — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- cloudscape — a picturesque formation of clouds
- clownishly — In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
- cloze test — test of the ability to understand text
- club-house — a building or room occupied by a club.
- clubhouses — Plural form of clubhouse.
- cnidoblast — any of the cells of a coelenterate that contain nematocysts
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- coachloads — Plural form of coachload.
- coagulants — Plural form of coagulant.
- coagulases — Plural form of coagulase.
- coagulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coagulate.
- coal basin — a part of the earth's surface consisting of coal strata that slope down to a common centre
- coalescent — to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
- coalescing — Present participle of coalesce.
- coalfields — Plural form of coalfield.
- coalitions — Plural form of coalition.
- coalmaster — the owner of a colliery
- coastlands — Plural form of coastland.