12-letter words containing r, c, o, l
- clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- clothes tree — an upright pole with branching hooks or pegs near the top to hold coats and hats
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- clotheshorse — a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
- clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
- clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
- cloture rule — a rule adopted by the United States Senate in 1917 that enables the breaking of a filibuster
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
- cloverleaves — Plural form of cloverleaf.
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cock lobster — a male lobster
- cocktail bar — a bar which serves cocktails
- cocurricular — of or relating to a joint curriculum
- coelenterata — the phylum comprising the coelenterates.
- coelenterate — any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
- coffee royal — café royale.
- cold comfort — If you say that a slightly encouraging fact or event is cold comfort to someone, you mean that it gives them little or no comfort because their situation is so difficult or unpleasant.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- cold warrior — a person who engages in or promotes a cold war
- cold working — Cold working is a process in which metal is shaped at a fairly low temperature. This increases the metal's yield strength but makes it less ductile.
- cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
- cold-pressed — (of an unrefined oil such as olive oil) produced by pressing the parent seed, nut, or grain at the lowest possible temperature without any further pressing
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
- coleorrhizae — protective sheath enclosing grass seedlings
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
- collaborator — A collaborator is someone that you work with to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
- collaterally — In collateral relation; not lineally.
- collectorate — the office of a collector in India
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- colon cancer — a type of cancer that affects the colon
- color circle — a circular diagram displaying the colors of the spectrum as a sequence of segments of the circle and showing complementary colors opposite each other.
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- color scheme — In a room or house, the color scheme is the way in which colors have been used to decorate it.
- color-bearer — the person assigned to carry the colors, or flag, as in a parade or ceremony
- color-caster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- colorfulness — the quality of being colourful
- colorimeters — Plural form of colorimeter.
- colorimetric — a device that analyzes color by measuring a given color in terms of a standard color, a scale of colors, or certain primary colors.
- colorisation — The process of converting to color.