13-letter words containing ll
- called strike — a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.
- calligraphist — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- calliper rule — a measuring instrument having two parallel jaws, one fixed at right angles to the end of a calibrated scale and the other sliding along it
- callisthenics — light exercises designed to promote general fitness, develop muscle tone, etc
- callistus iii — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
- camp follower — If you describe someone as a camp follower, you mean that they do not officially belong to a particular group or movement but support it for their own advantage.
- canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
- cancellariate — the office of chancellor
- cancellations — Plural form of cancellation.
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- 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.
- car allowance — an amount of money that an employer gives an employee who needs to use his or her car as part of his or job
- carbenicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin, C 17 H 16 N 2 Na 2 O 6 S, used against certain bacteria, especially those involved in urinary tract infections.
- card walloper — (jargon) An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind.
- carillonneurs — Plural form of carillonneur.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carrantuohill — a mountain in SW Republic of Ireland, in Macgillicuddy's Reeks in Kerry: the highest peak in Ireland. Height: 1041 m (3414 ft)
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
- castellations — Defensive or decorative parapets with regularly spaced notches; battlements.
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- catabolically — In terms of catabolism.
- catalytically — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catatonically — in a catatonic or exceedingly rigid manner
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- cathartically — of or relating to catharsis.
- cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
- 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.
- central falls — a city in NE Rhode Island.
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
- challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
- chancelleries — Plural form of chancellery.
- charles lyell — Sir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.
- cheviot hills — a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland, mainly in Northumberland
- chile relleno — a Mexican dish of a green chile, usually hot, stuffed as with cheese or a meat mixture, then breaded and fried and served usually with a sauce
- chili relleno — chile relleno
- chilli powder — Chilli powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chillies. It is used in cooking.
- chlorophyll-b — the green coloring matter of leaves and plants, essential to the production of carbohydrates by photosynthesis, and occurring in a bluish-black form, C 55 H 72 MgN 4 O 5 (chlorophyll a) and a dark-green form, C 55 H 70 MgN 4 O 6 (chlorophyll b)