12-letter words containing u, l, t, i
- button quail — any small quail-like terrestrial bird of the genus Turnix, such as T. sylvatica (striped button quail), occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World: family Turnicidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, rails, etc)
- buttonholing — the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
- cafe au lait — coffee with milk
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calculations — Plural form of calculation.
- calixtus iii — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- callistus ii — died 1124, French ecclesiastic: pope 1119–24.
- calreticulin — (protein) A multifunctional protein that binds calcium ions.
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- calumniating — Present participle of calumniate.
- calumniation — to make false and malicious statements about; slander.
- calumniators — Plural form of calumniator.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- canaliculate — having a groove or grooves
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- cat squirrel — the gray squirrel, as distinguished from the fox squirrel.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
- centuplicate — to increase 100 times
- cerium metal — any of a subgroup of rare-earth metals, of which the terbium and yttrium metals comprise the other two subgroups.
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- circuitously — roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
- circulatable — Capable of being circulated.
- circulations — Plural form of circulation.
- circumfluent — flowing around; surrounding; encompassing
- circumlocute — to speak in a circuitous way
- circumvolute — To roll, curl or twist around.
- cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
- citriculture — the cultivation of citrus fruits
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- coconut milk — Coconut milk is the milky juice inside coconuts.
- colliquation — liquefaction
- colliquative — capable of liquefaction or dissolution