11-letter words containing r, c, o, l
- close order — an arrangement of troops in compact units at close intervals and distances, as for marching
- 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
- closed door — held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public: a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.
- closed rule — a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.
- closed term — (theory) A term with no free variables.
- closed-door — private; barred to members of the public
- clostridial — any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
- clostridium — any anaerobic typically rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Clostridium, occurring mainly in soil, but also in the intestines of humans and animals: family Bacillaceae. The genus includes the species causing botulism and tetanus
- cloth-eared — deaf
- clotrimazol — Alternative form of clotrimazole.
- cloud cover — the state of the sky when it is covered with cloud
- cloud grass — a grass, Agrostis nebulosa, of Spain, having clusters of tiny spikelets on slender stalks, used in bouquets.
- cloud layer — a continuous or fragmented distribution of clouds all sharing the same cloud base.
- cloudbursts — Plural form of cloudburst.
- co-relation — correlation
- coal cellar — an underground room used for the storage of coal
- coal cutter — a machine for undercutting a coal seam
- coal heaver — a workman who moves coal
- coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
- coat flower — a plant, Petrorhagia saxifraga, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, having pink or white flowers in terminal branching clusters.
- cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- cockblocker — Agent noun of cockblock: one who cockblocks.
- code letter — a letter which is part of a code
- codeveloper — a fellow developer
- codicillary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a codicil.
- coelenteron — the simple saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
- coelurosaur — any of various small to very large bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda, active in the Triassic and Cretaceous periods; Tyrannosaurus was a coelurosaur, and birds are thought to have evolved from small coelurosaurs
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- coil spring — a helical spring formed from wire
- coin silver — silver having the standard fineness for coinage purposes.
- cold cellar — root cellar.
- cold colors — a paint fixed to glass or to a ceramic object without firing.
- cold harbor — a locality in Virginia, NE of Richmond: Civil War battle in 1864.
- cold rubber — synthetic rubber made at low temperatures (about 5°C). It is stronger than that made at higher temperatures and is used for car tyres
- cold shower — shower: in cold water
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-rolled — (of metal sheets, etc) having been rolled without heating, producing a smooth surface finish
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- coldhearted — lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- coleopteral — of or relating to the Coleoptera
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleopteron — a member of a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils
- coleorhizae — Plural form of coleorhiza.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collaborate — When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- collar cell — choanocyte.