12-letter words starting with cl
- 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.
- clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- cloverleaves — Plural form of cloverleaf.
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- clownishness — The state of being clownish.
- club culture — the practice of protecting the reputation of one's workforce in the face of criticism, above all other considerations
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- cluelessness — The state of being clueless.
- cluster area — a place where a concentration of a particular phenomenon is found
- cluster bomb — A cluster bomb is a type of bomb which is dropped from an aircraft. It contains a large number of smaller bombs that spread out before they hit the ground.
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.