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

  • lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
  • lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
  • lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
  • linear logic — (theory)   A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
  • loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
  • locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
  • loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
  • lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • lubrications — Plural form of lubrication.
  • lucubrations — Plural form of lucubration.
  • lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • machairodont — having sabre-like teeth; sabre-toothed
  • machine word — word (def 10).
  • machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
  • macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
  • marconi mast — an elaborately stayed mast.
  • marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
  • marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
  • markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
  • matriclinous — Having mostly maternally-inherited characteristics.
  • matroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
  • 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.
  • melanochroic — Melanochroid
  • mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
  • metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
  • metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
  • metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
  • michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
  • microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
  • microanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with microscopic structures (distinguished from gross anatomy).
  • microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
  • microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
  • microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
  • micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
  • micromanager — One who micromanages.
  • micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
  • microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
  • microstation — (application)   A full-featured 2-D and 3-D CAD program for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and Unix workstations from Bentley Systems, Inc. Created in 1984, MicroStation is a high-end package used worldwide in environments where many designers work on large, complex projects. MicroStation Modeler is a superset of MicroStation that provides solid modelling, and MasterPiece is MicroStation's rendering and animation program.
  • microtonally — In a microtonal manner.
  • minor arcana — one of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards
  • minor tenace — the king and jack of a suit held by one player.
  • mirror canon — a canon in which the parts are written as though seen in a mirror placed between them: one part or set of parts is the upside-down image of the other
  • misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • miscegenator — a person who advocates or engages in miscegenation
  • misconstrual — A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
  • miscreations — Plural form of miscreation.
  • mitochondria — an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production.
  • mockingboard — (hardware)   A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
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