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12-letter words containing a, l, c, m

  • animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
  • animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
  • animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
  • anthelmintic — killing or ejecting intestinal worms
  • antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
  • anticlimatic — Misspelling of anticlimactic.
  • anticlimaxes — Plural form of anticlimax.
  • antileukemic — acting against leukemia
  • apache plume — a low shrub, Fallugia paradoxa, of the rose family, of southwestern North America, having white flowers and fruit heads of feathery tufts.
  • apicomplexan — Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
  • archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
  • arithmetical — Arithmetical calculations, processes, or skills involve the addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of numbers.
  • arms control — an agreement between two or more countries to reduce the number of weapons owned, with the aim of preventing war
  • aromatically — having an aroma; fragrant or sweet-scented; odoriferous.
  • astronomical — If you describe an amount, especially the cost of something as astronomical, you are emphasizing that it is very large indeed.
  • asymmetrical — Something that is asymmetrical has two sides or halves that are different in shape, size, or style.
  • asymptotical — of or relating to an asymptote.
  • atomic clock — an extremely accurate clock in which an electrical oscillator is controlled by the natural vibrations of an atomic or molecular system such as caesium or ammonia
  • autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
  • back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
  • balance beam — a long, narrow, horizontal wooden beam raised about 4 feet (1.2 m) above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform balancing routines consisting of jumps, tumbles, turns, running steps, etc.
  • balsamaceous — any of various fragrant exudations from certain trees, especially trees of the genus Commiphora, as balm-of-Gilead. Compare balm (def 1).
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • beach-la-mar — an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu and Fiji, and formerly much more widespread
  • beam balance — a piece of apparatus used for artistic gymnastics
  • bearded clam — mollusc eaten as seafood
  • bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
  • bicameralism — having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body.
  • bidialectism — proficient in or using two dialects of the same language.
  • biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
  • birch family — the plant family Betulaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves, male flowers in drooping catkins, female flowers in short clusters, and one-seeded nuts, and including the alder, birch, hazel, and hornbeam.
  • black balsam — Peru balsam.
  • black bottom — a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips
  • black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
  • black cosmos — a garden plant, Cosmos diversifolius, of Mexico, having small, dahlialike tubers and solitary flower heads with red disk flowers and velvety, dark-red or purplish ray flowers.
  • black market — If something is bought or sold on the black market, it is bought or sold illegally.
  • black medick — a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods
  • black muslim — a member of the Black Muslims
  • black stream — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific.
  • black-market — to black-marketeer.
  • blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
  • bliss carman — (William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.
  • bombe glacée — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
  • bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
  • cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
  • cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
  • calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
  • calceamentum — (in ancient Rome) a sandal, boot, shoe, or other type of footwear
  • call time on — If you call time on something, you end it.
  • call to arms — a command to report for active military duty.
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