11-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- chlorinated — Chlorinated water, for example drinking water or water in a swimming pool, has been cleaned by adding chlorine to it.
- chlorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chlorinate.
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- chocolatier — a person or company that makes or sells chocolate
- 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.
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- circinately — In a circinate fashion.
- circle time — a time in which pre-school or primary school children sit in a circle and take turns to speak, usually with possession of a circulated object being the sign of whose turn it is
- circulative — Promoting circulation; circulating.
- circumflect — to emphasize with a circumflex accent
- citronellal — a colourless slightly water-soluble liquid with a lemon-like odour, a terpene aldehyde found esp in citronella and certain eucalyptus oils: used as a flavouring and in soaps and perfumes. Formula: (CH3)2C:CH(CH2)2CH(CH3)CH2CHO
- citronellol — an alcohol present in oils from various aromatic plant species
- clarinetist — A clarinetist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- clear water — a city in W Florida.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- clericalist — Of or pertaining to clericalism.
- clickstream — a record of the path taken by users through a website, enabling designers to access the use being made of their website
- climacteric — a critical event or period
- clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
- clinometric — (of crystals) having oblique angles between one or all axes.
- cliometrics — the study of economic history using statistics and computer analysis
- clock tower — A clock tower is a tall, narrow building with a clock at the top.
- clock-timer — timer (def 4).
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
- closed term — (theory) A term with no free variables.
- cloth-eared — deaf
- cluster cup — aecium.
- cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
- cluster leg — a leg having the form of a cluster of columns or shafts.
- co-relation — correlation
- coal cutter — a machine for undercutting a coal seam
- 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.
- code letter — a letter which is part of a code
- coelenteron — the simple saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
- 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-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
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence