12-letter words containing a, c, o, e, l
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- exceptionals — Plural form of exceptional.
- exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exonucleases — Plural form of exonuclease.
- exophthalmic — Having or characterized by protruding eyes.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
- exulceration — the process of ulceration
- fact of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
- factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
- factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
- felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
- fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
- fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- final notice — last warning before legal action
- flag officer — a naval officer above the rank of captain, as a fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, rear admiral, or commodore, who is entitled to display a flag indicating his or her rank.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- flow breccia — a volcanic breccia that has solidified from a lava flow.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.
- food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
- forecastable — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
- fowl cholera — a specific, acute, diarrheal disease of fowls, especially chickens, caused by a bacterium, Pasteurella multocida.
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- galactagogue — A food or drug that promotes or increases the flow of a mother’s milk.
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- galactorrhea — an abnormally abundant flow of milk in a lactating woman.
- galactoscope — a lactoscope.
- galactosemia — an inherited disorder characterized by the inability to metabolize galactose and requiring a galactose-free diet to avoid consequent mental retardation and eye, spleen, and liver abnormalities.
- galactosides — Plural form of galactoside.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
- game console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- genealogical — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- genethliacon — A birthday ode.