12-letter words containing c, a, n, t, i
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- intrinsicate — (obsolete) intricate.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- irda control — (standard) (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
- iron curtain — (sometimes initial capital letters) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, especially such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries.
- irrepentance — Lack of repentance; impenitence.
- irresistance — (archaic) passive submission; lack of resistance.
- isaac newton — Sir Isaac, 1642–1727, English philosopher and mathematician: formulator of the law of gravitation.
- isoantigenic — relating to an isoantigen or isoantigens
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- isotonically — In an isotonic way.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jactitations — Plural form of jactitation.
- jaunting car — a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- just in case — if it should happen that
- karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
- keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- kick against — If you kick against a situation you dislike but cannot control, you react against it in a violent, sudden, or extreme way.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kinesiatrics — the treatment of disease by the use of gymnastics or muscle exercises
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- kittikachorn — Thanom [thah-nom] /θɑˈnɒm/ (Show IPA), 1911–2004, Thai army officer and statesman: premier 1963–73.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- 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.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- 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.
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan capital — borrowed capital
- local option — a right of choice exercised by a minor political division, as a county, especially as to allowing the sale of liquor.