12-letter words containing a, b, l, c
- library card — a card issued by a library to individuals or organizations entitling them or their representatives to borrow materials.
- little abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- lobeliaceous — belonging to the plant family Lobeliaceae.
- lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
- lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- magic bullet — something that cures or remedies without causing harmful side effects: So far there is no magic bullet for economic woes.
- mass balance — Mass balance is a consideration of the input, output, and distribution of a substance between streams in a process or stage.
- mecca balsam — balm-of-Gilead (def 2).
- mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.
- mental block — inability to recall
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- metabolomics — the study of all the metabolites present in cells, tissues, and organs
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microbicidal — a substance or preparation for killing microbes.
- microtubular — Of or pertaining to microtubules.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- miscalibrate — To calibrate poorly or wrongly.
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- noctambulant — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- noctambulism — somnambulism.
- noctambulist — somnambulism.
- noctambulous — of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking.
- non-celibate — a person who abstains from sexual relations.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- nonbacterial — Not bacterial.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonmicrobial — not microbial, not caused by or related to microbes
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- oblanceolate — inversely lanceolate, as a leaf.
- ochlophobiac — a person who suffers from ochlophobia
- octosyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to eight syllables.
- octosyllable — a word or line of verse of eight syllables.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- osteoblastic — a bone-forming cell.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- palm cabbage — cabbage palm.
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms