11-letter words containing t, e, l, n
- clandestine — Something that is clandestine is hidden or kept secret, often because it is illegal.
- clarinetist — A clarinetist is someone who plays the clarinet.
- 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.
- cleisthenes — 6th century bc, Athenian statesman: democratized the political structure of Athens
- 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
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- 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.
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- clinometers — Plural form of clinometer.
- clinometric — (of crystals) having oblique angles between one or all axes.
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- close to/on — Close to a particular amount or distance means slightly less than that amount or distance. In British English, you can also say close on a particular amount or distance.
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothesline — A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- cloven foot — a foot divided by a cleft, as in the ox, deer, and sheep
- clown white — white facial makeup used by performers, as clowns.
- co-relation — correlation
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- cobblestone — Cobblestones are stones with a rounded upper surface which used to be used for making streets.
- cocelebrant — One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
- coelacanths — Plural form of coelacanth.
- coelenteron — the simple saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
- coessential — being one in essence or nature: a term applied to the three persons of the Trinity
- coevolution — the evolution of complementary adaptations in two or more species of organisms because of a special relationship that exists between them, as in insect-pollinated plants and their insect pollinators
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleopteron — a member of a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collectanea — a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
- collections — Plural form of collection.
- coltishness — The state or condition of being coltish.
- columniated — having columns or arranged in columns
- commentable — a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
- common teal — a small Eurasian duck, Anas crecca, that is related to the mallard and frequents ponds, lakes, and marshes
- competently — having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.
- compilement — a compilation
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complecting — Present participle of complect.
- complection — the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face: a clear, smooth, rosy complexion.