13-letter words containing el
- body brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
- book of kells — Book of Kells.
- box jellyfish — any of various highly venomous jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, esp Chironex fleckeri, of Australian tropical waters, having a cuboidal body with tentacles hanging from each of the lower corners
- bramble jelly — a jam made from blackberries
- bromo-seltzer — a compound containing a bromide, sodium bicarbonate, etc., used for relief from headaches and upset stomachs, and as a sedative
- brussels lace — a fine lace with a raised or appliqué design
- bûche de noël — a French Christmas cake made from a thin layer of spongecake that is rolled up and frosted so as to resemble a decorative Yule log
- buffing wheel — a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing
- bull elephant — an adult male elephant
- busheled iron — heterogeneous iron made from scrap iron and steel.
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- cable release — a short length of flexible cable, used to operate the shutter of a camera without shaking it
- camel cricket — cave cricket.
- canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
- cancellariate — the office of chancellor
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- cannel (coal) — a compact variety of bituminous coal that was formed chiefly from spores and burns with a bright, steady flame
- canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges.
- cap and bells — the traditional garb of a court jester, including a cap with bells attached to it
- cape-farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- capello index — a player rating website backed by Fabio Capello in which marks are awarded to football players in the top teams according to their performance in key skills of the game
- capsule shell — A capsule shell is an outer skin in which a medicinal substance is contained.
- caramel cream — a dessert made of eggs, sugar, milk, etc, topped with caramel
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- cartelization — The act of cartelizing.
- cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- catch oneself — to hold oneself back abruptly from saying or doing something
- cause celebre — A cause célèbre is an issue, person, or criminal trial that has attracted a lot of public attention and discussion.
- causelessness — the quality or state of having no cause or reason
- ceaselessness — the quality of being uninterrupted or not stopping
- celestine iii — (Giacinto Bobone) died 1198, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1191–98.
- celiac plexus — solar plexus (def 1).
- cell division — the division of a cell into two new cells during growth or reproduction
- cell membrane — a very thin membrane, composed of lipids and protein, that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell and controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- cellulose-gum — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
- celsius scale — a scale of temperature in which 0° represents the melting point of ice and 100° represents the boiling point of water
- centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
- chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
- chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
- channel black — the soot of a natural gas flame, used in paints; fine carbon.
- channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
- chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
- charles lyell — Sir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.