10-letter words containing le
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- buttonless — having no button or buttons.
- buy-to-let — of or relating to the practice of buying a property to let to tenants rather than to live in onself
- by the lee — so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
- cable bend — a knot or clinch for attaching a cable to an anchor or mooring post.
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- cable-laid — (of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction
- cablecasts — Plural form of cablecast.
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cablephoto — a photographic image transmitted via cable, especially for use by newspapers or in police work.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cacomistle — a catlike omnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, of S North America, related to but smaller than the raccoons: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). It has yellowish-grey fur and a long bushy tail banded in black and white
- cajolement — The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
- calcinable — able to be calcined
- calciphile — calcicole.
- calculable — Calculable amounts or consequences can be calculated.
- calderdale — a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 193 200 (2003 est). Area: 364 sq km (140 sq miles)
- caledonian — of or relating to Scotland
- calefactor — a heater
- calendared — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- calendarer — a person who calendars
- calendered — Simple past tense and past participle of calender.
- calenderer — a person who operates a calender
- calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
- calescence — an increasing heat
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- cancelable — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- candlebeam — a medieval chandelier formed of crossed timbers.
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- candlewood — the resinous wood of any of several trees, used for torches and candle substitutes
- cannetille — a gold or silver thread with a spiral twist, formerly much used in embroidery.
- cantabiles — Plural form of cantabile.
- cantalever — any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
- cantilenas — Plural form of cantilena.
- cantilever — A cantilever is a long piece of metal or wood used in a structure such as a bridge. One end is fastened to something and the other end is used to support part of the structure.
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- car dealer — a person or business which sells cars
- carbondale — a city in SW Illinois.
- carbonless — containing no carbon
- carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.