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12-letter words containing r, e, l, n, t

  • celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
  • center field — the middle area of the outfield
  • center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
  • center wheel — the wheel driving the minute and hour hands of a timepiece.
  • central asia — a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It includes the five former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan and parts of Iran, China, Mongolia, Pakistan, India, and southwestern Siberia.
  • central bank — a national bank that does business mainly with a government and with other banks: it regulates the volume and cost of credit
  • central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
  • central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
  • central time — standard time or daylight saving time in the time zone which includes the central states of the U.S.
  • central-fire — center-fire.
  • centralising — Present participle of centralise.
  • centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
  • centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
  • chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
  • chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
  • chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
  • chloroethene — vinyl chloride.
  • circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
  • citron melon — a kind of fruit with a hard white flesh, that grows on a variety of watermelon plant (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides): used only candied or preserved
  • civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
  • clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
  • clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
  • clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
  • clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • clos network — (networking)   A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
  • cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
  • clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
  • cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
  • 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
  • coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
  • collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
  • commentarial — a series of comments, explanations, or annotations: a commentary on the Bible; news followed by a commentary.
  • complementer — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
  • complimenter — a person who compliments
  • concelebrant — each of the priests celebrating the Eucharist or Mass jointly
  • concelebrate — to celebrate (the Eucharist or Mass) jointly with one or more other priests
  • concentrical — concentric
  • concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed
  • concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
  • conferential — Of or pertaining to a conference.
  • conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
  • confraternal — a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
  • conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
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