14-letter words containing cl
- stop the clock — an instrument for measuring and recording time, especially by mechanical means, usually with hands or changing numbers to indicate the hour and minute: not designed to be worn or carried about.
- street cleaner — a sanitation worker who cleans streets or sidewalks.
- striped muscle — a type of contractile tissue that is marked by transverse striations; it is concerned with moving skeletal parts to which it is usually attached
- suicide clause — a clause in a life-insurance policy stating that the insurer is required to pay only the reserve or the total premiums paid if the policyholder should commit suicide within a stated period.
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
- superspectacle — an extravagant cinematic spectacle, esp the silent Italian films of the early 1900s
- synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
- tandem bicycle — a bicycle for two or more persons, having seats and corresponding sets of pedals arranged in tandem, especially popular in the 19th century.
- target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
- tcl consortium — (body) A non-profit agency dedicated to promoting Tcl.
- to close ranks — If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized.
- toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
- toronto euclid — (language) The standard dialect of Euclid, as compared to Ottawa Euclid.
- traffic circle — a circular arrangement constructed at the intersection of two or more roads in order to facilitate the passage of vehicles from one road to another.
- transit circle — meridian circle.
- turning circle — the smallest circle in which a vehicle can turn
- twelve o'clock — 12 noon, 1200 hours, midday
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- unacclimatized — not acclimatized, accustomed, or adapted to
- unclassifiable — that cannot be categorized
- upton sinclair — Harry Ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
- urban clearway — a stretch of road in an urban area on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
- vicious circle — Logic. (in demonstration) the use of each of two propositions to establish the other. (in definition) the use of each of two terms to define the other.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- walk-in closet — a closet that is large enough to walk around in.
- warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- window cleaner — someone that cleans windows for a living
- winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather