12-letter words containing a, c, l, e, p
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompliance — not compliant; unyielding.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incorporable — able to be incorporated.
- inexplicable — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inexplicably — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- irreciprocal — not reciprocal
- irreplacable — Misspelling of irreplaceable.
- irreplicable — Incapable of being replicated.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- landed price — the price when delivered
- laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- lay preacher — a preacher who is not a member of the clergy
- leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- lesser scaup — a diving duck, Aythya marila, of Europe and America, having a black-and-white plumage in the male
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- loop reactor — A loop reactor is a reactor in which the material is pumped round one or more vessels or stages in a continuous process.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- mac playmate — (games) An early (~1985) example of a pornographic computer game. Mac Playmate runs on the Macintosh and involves trying to stimulate a simulated woman to orgasm by applying various implements to her erogenous zones.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- meclonazepam — A benzodiazepine derivative, similar in structure to clonazepam, with sedative and anxiolytic effects and antiparasitic activity against Schistosoma mansoni.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- metaleptical — metaleptic
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- metempirical — beyond or outside the field of experience.
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.