12-letter words containing na
- cardinalates — Plural form of cardinalate.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- carnal abuse — Law. any lascivious contact with the sexual organs of a child by an adult, especially without sexual intercourse.
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- carpet snake — a large nonvenomous Australian snake, Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back
- cash journal — cashbook.
- catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- catilinarian — pertaining to or resembling Catiline.
- centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
- centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
- chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
- chandannagar — port in NE India, near Kolkata: formerly a French dependency, it became part of the republic of India in 1950: pop. 120,000
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chinaberries — Plural form of chinaberry.
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chlorination — Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- cinnamon bun — a honey bun flavored with cinnamon and often containing raisins.
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- cleanability — the ability to be cleaned
- co-ordinator — a person or thing that coordinates.
- cochin china — a former French colony of Indochina (1862–1948): now the part of Vietnam that lies south of Phan Thiet
- cochin-china — a former state in S French Indochina: now part of Vietnam.
- collagenases — Plural form of collagenase.
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- combinations — a one-piece woollen undergarment with long sleeves and legs
- comminations — Plural form of commination.
- commonalties — Plural form of commonalty.
- companionate — resembling, appropriate to, or acting as a companion
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complanation — the act of flattening or making level
- complexional — Relating to complexion.
- concanavalin — either of two globulins, concanavalin B or (more commonly) concanavalin A, that occur in the jack bean Canavalia ensiformis. Concanavalin A causes agglutination of the blood of mammals
- concatenated — Simple past tense and past participle of concatenate.
- concatenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of concatenate.
- concatenator — to link together; unite in a series or chain.
- conceptional — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- concertinaed — a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- concessional — concessionary
- conclusional — the end or close; final part.
- condemnation — Condemnation is the act of saying that something or someone is very bad and unacceptable.
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- conditionals — Plural form of conditional.
- conditionate — to regulate or limit (something) by conditions
- confessional — A confessional is the small room in a church where Christians, especially Roman Catholics, go to confess their sins.
- confraternal — a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
- conglutinant — (of the edges of a wound or fracture) promoting union; adhesive