12-letter words containing t, c
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- clotheshorse — a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
- clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
- clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
- clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
- clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
- cloture rule — a rule adopted by the United States Senate in 1917 that enables the breaking of a filibuster
- cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
- clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- club culture — the practice of protecting the reputation of one's workforce in the face of criticism, above all other considerations
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- cluster area — a place where a concentration of a particular phenomenon is found
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
- clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- co-dependent — A co-dependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
- co-extrusion — simultaneous extrusion of two or more different yet compatible metals or plastics through the same die.
- co-operative — A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
- co-opetition — cooperation between competitors in business, esp in the computer industry
- co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
- coacervation — a reversible, emulsoid stage existing between the sol and gel formations, in which the addition of a third substance causes the separation of the sol into two immiscible liquid phases: an essential stage in the formation of proteins, antibodies, etc.
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- coactivation — Activation of two or more things together.
- coadaptation — the state of two or more things adapting to one another
- coal scuttle — A coal scuttle is a container for keeping coal in.
- coalitionism — the principle of governing by coalition
- coalitionist — An advocate of coalition or a partner in a coalition.
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- coast salish — (in Canada) a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- coat of arms — The coat of arms of a family, town, or organization is a special design in the form of a shield that they use as a symbol of their identity.
- coat of mail — a protective garment made of linked metal rings (mail) or of overlapping metal plates; hauberk
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
- cobalt bloom — erythrite (def 1)
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cobaltammine — any of the various complex derivatives of cobalt containing one or more molecules of ammonia bonded to the cobalt.
- cobblestoned — Cobbled; laid with cobblestones.
- cobblestones — Plural form of cobblestone.
- cocaine bust — an arrest for the possession of cocaine
- coccidiostat — a drug used to treat coccidiosis
- coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock