10-letter words containing cl
- classifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of classify.
- classiness — of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- classmates — Plural form of classmate.
- classrooms — Plural form of classroom.
- clathrates — Plural form of clathrate.
- clattering — to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other: The shutters clattered in the wind.
- claudicant — (medicine) limping.
- claudius i — 10 b.c.–a.d. 54, Roman emperor a.d. 41–54.
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
- clavierist — a person who plays the clavier
- clawhammer — denoting a style of plucking the strings of a banjo in which the hand forms a clawlike shape
- clay court — a tennis court with a playing surface topped by a layer of crushed shale, brick, or stone
- clay eater — (in the South Atlantic States) a term used to refer to a poor, uneducated person from a rural area.
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.
- clay stone — argillite.
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
- claystones — argillite.
- clean room — an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, in which environmental contaminants are kept to an absolute minimum
- clean wool — wool that has been scoured to remove wax
- clean-tech — using clean technology
- cleanskins — Plural form of cleanskin.
- clear away — When you clear things away or clear away, you put away the things that you have been using, especially for eating or cooking.
- clear-eyed — discerning; perceptive
- clear-fell — to cut down all of the trees in (a wood, part of a wood, or throughout an area of land)
- clearances — Plural form of clearance.
- clearfield — a town in N Utah.
- clearstory — clerestory
- clearwater — city in WC Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico: suburb of St. Petersburg: pop. 109,000
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- cleggmania — the brief surge in popularity for the leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg, after a series of live televised debates preceding the 2010 British general election
- clematises — Plural form of clematis.
- clemenceau — Georges Eugène Benjamin (ʒɔrʒ œʒɛn bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃). 1841–1929, French statesman; prime minister of France (1906–09; 1917–20); negotiated the Treaty of Versailles (1919)
- clemencies — Plural form of clemency.
- clement ii — (Suidger) died 1047, pope 1046–47.
- clement iv — (Guy Foulques) died 1268, French ecclesiastic: pope 1265–68.
- clement ix — (Giulio Rospigliosi) 1600–69, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1667–69.
- clement vi — (Pierre Roger) 1291–1352, French ecclesiastic: pope 1342–52.
- clement xi — (Giovanni Francesco Albani) 1649–1721, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1700–21.
- clementine — A clementine is a fruit that looks like a small orange.
- clendinnen — Inga. 1934–2016. Australian historian and writer. Her books include Reading the Holocaust (1998) and Tiger's Eye – a Memoir (2000)
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- clergiable — (of a criminal charge) able to be contested in a clerical rather than a secular court
- clerically — In a clerical manner; as a cleric.
- clerk-like — acting in a scholarly manner
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- cleverness — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- clew lines — the ropes connecting the clews of a sail with the yard, used in raising or lowering the sail