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12-letter words starting with c

  • canonicalise — (transitive, computing, UK) Alternative form of canonicalize.
  • canonicalize — (transitive, computing) To convert (data) into canonical form.
  • canonisation — Alternative spelling of canonization.
  • canonization — Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
  • canorousness — The quality of being musical.
  • cantabrigian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University
  • cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
  • canterburies — Plural form of canterbury.
  • cantharidian — cantharidal
  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • cantillation — the traditional notation representing the various traditional Jewish melodies to which scriptural passages are chanted
  • cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
  • canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
  • canton crepe — a fine crinkled silk or rayon crepe fabric, slightly heavier than crepe de Chine
  • canton linen — a fabric made from tough vegetable fibers, used for table linens, wall coverings, etc.
  • canton river — Zhu Jiang.
  • canvas chair — a chair in which the seat and back are made from canvas
  • canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
  • canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
  • cap and gown — a cap with a flat top ( mortarboard) and a long robe, worn at some academic ceremonies, as commencement, and often used to symbolize the academic life
  • cap spinning — a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.
  • cap'n crunch — Captain Crunch
  • capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
  • capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
  • capacitating — Present participle of capacitate.
  • capacitation — to make capable; enable.
  • capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
  • caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
  • cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
  • cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
  • cape cod bay — a part of Massachusetts Bay, enclosed by the Cape Cod peninsula.
  • cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
  • cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
  • cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
  • cape dezhnev — a cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia
  • cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
  • cape matapan — a cape in S Greece, at the S central tip of the Peloponnese: the southern point of the mainland of Greece
  • cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
  • cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
  • cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
  • cape sparrow — a sparrow, Passer melanurus, very common in southern Africa: family Ploceidae
  • cape verdean — of or relating to Cape Verde or its inhabitants
  • cape-froward — Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.
  • cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
  • caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
  • caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
  • capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
  • capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
  • capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
  • capital city — the seat of government of a country or other political unit
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