10-letter words containing a, c, l, u, i
- bull chain — a chain for dragging logs to a sawmill.
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- calico bug — harlequin bug.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- calixtus i — Saint, a.d. c160–222, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 218–222.
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- canaliculi — a small canal or tubular passage, as in bone.
- candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
- capillatus — (of a cumulonimbus cloud) having a cirriform upper portion that resembles an anvil or a disorderly mass of hair.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitulant — a person who capitulates
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- capsulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsulize.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- casualties — Military. a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined. casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
- catapultic — of or resembling a catapult
- catholicus — catholicos.
- caudal fin — the tail fin of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates, used for propulsion during locomotion
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cause list — a list of cases awaiting a hearing
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- china blue — a bright greenish blue.
- chine nual — (documentation) /sheen'yu-*l/ (MIT) The LISP Machine Manual, so called because the title was wrapped around the cover so only those letters showed on the front.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- cingulated — Having a cingulum.
- circannual — noting or pertaining to a biological activity or cycle that recurs yearly.
- circulable — able to be circulated
- circularly — In a circular way.
- circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- circulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circulate.
- circulator — a person who moves from place to place.
- circumoral — Around or encircling the mouth.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- claudicant — (medicine) limping.
- claudius i — 10 b.c.–a.d. 54, Roman emperor a.d. 41–54.
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- clavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back