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12-letter words containing a, i, r, l, o, c

  • radiological — of or relating to radiology.
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • railroad car — a railway carriage or van
  • rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
  • ravioli code — (jargon, humour)   Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
  • reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
  • reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
  • rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
  • ribbon cable — (hardware)   A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
  • roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
  • romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • sacrilegious — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • sacroiliitis — the inflammation of the sacroiliac joint
  • salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
  • sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
  • scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
  • scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
  • social order — structure or hierarchy of society
  • socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
  • soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
  • solidaristic — relating to solidarism
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
  • special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
  • spectatorial — a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
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