12-letter words starting with c
- cattle class — a jocular name for the economy-class section of an airliner, in which passengers have little space to move
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- cattle egret — a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- cattle truck — a railway wagon designed for carrying livestock
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- catty-corner — Something that is catty-corner or kitty-corner from another thing is placed or arranged diagonally from it.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
- causationism — the theory of universal causation
- causationist — a person who believes in the theory of universal causation
- caustic lime — lime1 (def 1).
- caustic soda — Caustic soda is a powerful chemical substance used to make strong soaps and clean drains.
- cautiousness — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cavaco silva — Aníbal (aˈnibal). born 1939, Portuguese statesman; prime minister (1985–95); president (2006–16)
- cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cave cricket — any of several nocturnal, wingless, cricketlike long-horned grasshoppers of the family Gryllacrididae, characterized by a humpbacked appearance and inhabiting dark moist habitats, as caves, cellars, hollow trees, and the ground under logs and stones.
- cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
- cavo-relievo — a relief sculpture in which the highest point in the carving is below the level of the original surface
- cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- cecil rhodes — Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- cefoperazone — A cephalosporin antibiotic.
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- celebutantes — Plural form of celebutante.
- celestine ii — (Guido di Castello) flourished 12th century, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1143–44.
- celestine iv — (Godfrey Castiglione) died 1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1241.
- celibatarian — inclined towards or characterized by celibacy
- cell biology — the study of the biology of cells
- cell culture — the growing of cells in a laboratory under controlled conditions
- cell lineage — the developmental history of a tissue or part of an organism from particular cells in the fertilized egg or embryo through to their fully differentiated state
- cellarmaster — a person in charge of a wine cellar.
- cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
- celtic cross — a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection
- cement mixer — A cement mixer is a machine with a large revolving container into which builders put cement, sand, and water in order to make concrete.
- cement steel — steel produced by the cementation of wrought iron or mild steel.
- cementitious — of, relating to, or characteristic of cement
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- census taker — a person who gathers information for a census.
- census tract — a standard area in certain large American cities used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for purposes of population enumeration.
- centenarians — Plural form of centenarian.
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- center field — the middle area of the outfield
- center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.