12-letter words containing s, e, t, l, a
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- cattle class — a jocular name for the economy-class section of an airliner, in which passengers have little space to move
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- cellarmaster — a person in charge of a wine cellar.
- 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.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chelicerates — Plural form of chelicerate.
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chocolatiers — Plural form of chocolatier.
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
- clarinettist — A clarinettist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- class object — (programming) In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
- class system — a system in which social status is largely determined by the family into which a person is born
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- clerofascist — A cleric supporting fascism or advocating a synthesis of religion and fascism.
- clickstreams — Plural form of clickstream.
- client state — A client state is a country which is controlled or influenced by another larger and more powerful state, or which depends on this state for support and protection.
- climacterics — Plural form of climacteric.
- close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
- closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
- closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- cluster area — a place where a concentration of a particular phenomenon is found
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- coal scuttle — A coal scuttle is a container for keeping coal in.
- 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.
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
- collectables — capable of being collected.
- collegiates' — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- color-caster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.