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11-letter words containing t, c

  • citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
  • citric acid — Citric acid is a weak acid found in many kinds of fruit, especially citrus fruit such as oranges and lemons.
  • citron wood — the wood of the citron tree
  • 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
  • city center — The city center is the busiest part of a city, where most of the shops and businesses are.
  • city centre — The city centre is the busiest part of a city, where most of the shops and businesses are.
  • city editor — The city editor of a newspaper is the editor who is in charge of local news.
  • city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
  • city of god — heaven conceived of as the New Jerusalem
  • civic trust — a charitable organization in Britain which aims to improve the quality of new and historic buildings and public spaces, and to help improve the general quality of urban life.
  • civil court — a court of law in which civil cases are tried and determined. See also civil law (def 1).
  • civil death — (formerly) the loss of all civil rights because of a serious conviction
  • cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
  • cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
  • clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
  • clamatorial — of or relating to the American flycatchers (family Tyrannidae)
  • clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
  • clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
  • clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
  • clarificant — any substance for clarifying a liquid.
  • clarinetist — A clarinetist is someone who plays the clarinet.
  • classicists — Plural form of classicist.
  • clavecinist — a person who plays the clavecin
  • clean sheet — an instance of conceding no goals or points in a match or competition (esp in the phrase keep a clean sheet)
  • clean slate — a record without dishonour
  • cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • clear water — a city in W Florida.
  • cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
  • cleisthenes — 6th century bc, Athenian statesman: democratized the political structure of Athens
  • cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
  • cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
  • clement iii — (Paolo Scolari) died 1191, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187–91.
  • clement vii — original name Giulio de' Medici. 1478–1534, pope (1523–34): refused to authorize the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII of England to Catherine of Aragon (1533)
  • clement xii — (Lorenzo Corsini) 1652–1740, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1730–40.
  • clement xiv — (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli; Lorenzo Ganganelli) 1705–74, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1769–74.
  • clementines — an official compilation of decretals named after Clement V and issued in 1317 which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
  • clenbuterol — a drug prescribed for breathing disorders
  • cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
  • cleptomania — kleptomania
  • 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
  • clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
  • client base — A business's client base is the same as its customer base.
  • clientelage — (dated) clientele; customers or patrons.
  • clientelism — A political system based on personal relations rather than personal merits.
  • climacteric — a critical event or period
  • climategate — the scandal surrounding the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit whose researchers were accused of manipulating statistics on climate change to make global warming appear less of a threat
  • climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
  • climatizing — to acclimate to a new environment.
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