12-letter words containing la
- class action — A class action is a legal case brought by a group of people rather than an individual.
- class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
- class c drug — (in Britain) any of the least dangerous group of controlled drugs, including temazepam and cannabis
- class method — (programming) 1. A method that operates on a class object (an object of class "class"). A class method is really just an ordinary object method that happens to operate on class objects. A class method might, for example, return a list of objects representing the methods and attributes of the given class. 2. A static method.
- class object — (programming) In object-oriented programming, an object of class "class" that represents a class at run time. The existence of class objects allows introspection - the ability for a program to discover and modify attributes of its own code. (See self-modifying code). A class object may also be used for "housekeeping" tasks like keeping count of how many objects of the class have been created, though this may also be done by some kind of collection object. A class method is a method that operates on class objects.
- class system — a system in which social status is largely determined by the family into which a person is born
- classicalism — classicism
- classicality — (uncountable) The condition of being classical.
- classicistic — Of or pertaining to classicism.
- classifiable — to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- clausthalite — a rare mineral, lead selenide, PbSe, occurring in grayish, granular crystals that have a metallic luster.
- claustration — the act of confining to a small space (usually a cloister)
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- claw hatchet — a hatchet with a claw at one end of its head for extracting nails
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- cleft palate — If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly.
- clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
- cocurricular — of or relating to a joint curriculum
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- colacobiosis — (among social insects) life in which one species lives as a parasite in the community of another species.
- collaborated — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
- collaborates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of collaborate.
- collaborator — A collaborator is someone that you work with to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research.
- collagenases — Plural form of collagenase.
- collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
- collaterally — In collateral relation; not lineally.
- collembolans — Plural form of collembolan.
- commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
- compellation — appellation
- compellative — an appellation
- compilations — Plural form of compilation.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complainings — complaints
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complanation — the act of flattening or making level
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- conclamation — a loud outcry made by many people shouting simultaneously, esp one lamenting a person who has died
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confabulator — to converse informally; chat.