12-letter words containing a, r, c, n, e, t
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macrosegment — a stretch of speech preceded and followed but not interrupted by a pause.
- major tenace — the ace and queen of a suit held by one player.
- make certain — ensure
- manicure set — a set of small tools designed for trimming and caring for the nails
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- matricentred — Matricentric.
- matricentric — (of a family or society) Centering around the mother or mothers.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metacinnabar — a polymorph of cinnabar, black mercuric sulfide, HgS.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- meter-candle — lux. Abbreviation: mc.
- metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
- miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
- miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- multicentral — having or dependent on several centres; multicentre
- multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- name capture — (reduction) In beta reduction, when a term containing a free occurrence of a variable v is substituted into another term where v is bound the free v becomes spuriously bound or "captured". E.g. (\ x . \ y . x y) y --> \ y . y y (WRONG) This problem arises because two distinct variables have the same name. The most common solution is to rename the bound variable using alpha conversion: (\ x . \ y' . x y') y --> \ y' . y y' Another solution is to use de Bruijn notation. Note that the argument expression, y, contained a free variable. The whole expression above must therefore be notionally contained within the body of some lambda abstraction which binds y. If we never reduce inside the body of a lambda abstraction (as in reduction to weak head normal form) then name capture cannot occur.
- nanocomputer — (architecture) /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
- nanoparticle — a microscopic particle of matter that is measured on the nanoscale, usually one that measures less than 100 nanometers.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- nasotracheal — (anatomy) Of or relating to the nose and trachea.
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.