12-letter words containing a, d, e, l, i, c
- indelicately — In an indelicate manner.
- indexicality — (philosophy) The quality or state of being indexical.
- indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- indoleacetic — as in indoleacetic acid, a naturally-occurring plant growth hormone
- ineradicable — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- ineradicably — not eradicable; not capable of being eradicated, rooted out, or completely removed.
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- intercalated — to interpolate; interpose.
- 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.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- landed price — the price when delivered
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
- line dancing — to participate in a line dance.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- loco disease — locoism.
- logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- masculinized — Simple past tense and past participle of masculinize.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- medical care — the professional attention of medical practitioners
- medical unit — a group of doctors and nurses working as part of a larger organization, such as the armed forces or a prison
- medical ward — a hospital ward in which patients are being treated by drugs rather than surgery
- medicalizing — Present participle of medicalize.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- middle class — educated and well off
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- middle-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: middle-class taste; middle-class morality.
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- multidecadal — Involving multiple decades.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- nonidentical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
- nonmedicinal — Not medicinal.
- nucleic acid — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.