11-letter words containing s, l, u, i, c
- casuistical — Casuistic.
- casus belli — an event or act used to justify a war
- caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
- caulicolous — living or growing on other plants' stems
- cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
- causability — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- causalities — the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.
- causational — the action of causing or producing.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- caustically — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
- cell fusion — the merging of two or more cells into a single cell.
- celliferous — making or bearing cells
- cheliferous — bearing chelae
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chili sauce — a spiced sauce of chopped tomatoes, green and red sweet peppers, onions, etc.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- cinquefoils — Plural form of cinquefoil.
- circularise — (British) alternative spelling of circularize.
- circulators — Plural form of circulator.
- circumbasal — surrounding the base.
- circumsolar — surrounding or rotating around the sun
- claudius ii — full name Marcus Aurelius Claudius, called Gothicus. 214–270 ad, Roman emperor (268–270)
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- 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
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
- colatitudes — Plural form of colatitude.
- cold fusion — the process of creating nuclear fusion at room temperature in order to create a power source
- colloquiums — Plural form of colloquium.
- collusively — in a collusive manner
- columnistic — belonging or relating to a columnist
- combustible — A combustible material or gas catches fire and burns easily.
- combustibly — In a combustible manner.
- commissural — Of or pertaining to a commissure.
- communalise — Alternative form of communalize.
- communalism — a system or theory of government in which the state is seen as a loose federation of self-governing communities
- communalist — An advocate of communalism.
- compulsions — Plural form of compulsion.
- compulsitor — a thing, such as a mandate, that compels
- compulsives — Plural form of compulsive.
- conchylious — Archaic form of conchylaceous.
- conclusions — Plural form of conclusion.
- confusingly — causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.
- confusional — the act of confusing.