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12-letter words containing lo

  • cinder block — A cinder block is a large grey brick made from coal cinders and cement which is used for building.
  • circumlocute — to speak in a circuitous way
  • cirrus logic — (company)   A manufacturer of integrated circuits including the Advanced RISC Machine and display interface processors and cards for use as Windows accelerators (requiring dedicated driver software).
  • citron melon — a kind of fruit with a hard white flesh, that grows on a variety of watermelon plant (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides): used only candied or preserved
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • cloddishness — The quality of being cloddish.
  • cloisterless — a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
  • clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • clos network — (networking)   A type of network topology that can connect N inputs to N outputs with less that N^2 crosspoint switches.
  • close combat — the act of fighting at close quarters
  • close helmet — a completely closed helmet of the late 15th century and after, having a facial defense composed of a visor and beaver or of a visor, ventail, and beaver attached to a pivot on each side.
  • close season — In football and some other sports, the close season is the period of the year when the sport is not played professionally.
  • close stitch — buttonhole stitch.
  • close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
  • close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
  • close-lipped — not talking or revealing much
  • close-reefed — having most or all of the sail reefs taken in.
  • close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
  • closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
  • closed cycle — a heat engine in which the working substance is continuously circulated and does not need replenishment
  • closed shell — (in atomic structure) a shell that contains the maximum number of electrons permitted by the exclusion principle.
  • closed union — a labor union in which admission of new members is restricted by rigid requirements.
  • closed-stack — having access to the stacks limited to the staff of the library or to a limited group of library users.
  • closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
  • closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
  • closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
  • closet drama — drama suitable for reading rather than performing
  • closet queen — a man who is homosexual but does not admit the fact
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
  • clothes moth — any of various tineid moths, esp Tineola bisselliella, the larvae of which feed on wool or fur
  • clothes pole — a post to which a clothesline is attached
  • clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
  • clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
  • clothes shop — a shop selling clothes
  • clothes tree — an upright pole with branching hooks or pegs near the top to hold coats and hats
  • clothes-line — a strong, narrow rope, cord, wire, etc., usually stretched between two poles, posts, or buildings, on which clean laundry is hung to dry.
  • clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
  • clotheshorse — a frame on which to hang laundry for drying or airing
  • clotheslined — Simple past tense and past participle of clothesline.
  • clotheslines — Plural form of clothesline.
  • clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
  • clotrimazole — An antifungal medication used to treat humans and animals.
  • cloture rule — a rule adopted by the United States Senate in 1917 that enables the breaking of a filibuster
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • cloud forest — a forest, usually near coastal mountain peaks in tropical regions, that has an almost constant cloud cover, even during the dry season
  • cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
  • cloudberries — Plural form of cloudberry.
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