12-letter words containing c, a, p, e, l
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- galactoscope — a lactoscope.
- galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
- gapped scale — a scale, such as a pentatonic scale, containing fewer than seven notes
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- geographical — of or relating to geography.
- geopolitical — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- get anyplace — to have any success
- glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
- glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hello packet — (networking, communications) An OSPF packet sent periodically on each network interface, real or virtual, to discover and test connections to neighbours. Hello packets are multicast on physical networks capable of multicasting or broadcasting to enable dynamic router discovery. They include the parameters that routers connected to a common network must agree on. Hello packets increase network resilience by, e.g., allowing a router to establish a secondary connection when a primary connection fails.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hexadecapole — (physics) Anything having sixteen poles or electrodes, or a combination of four quadrupoles.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- holocephalan — (zoology) Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; the chimeras.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hypertypical — excessively typical
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- impierceable — not able to be pierced
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in duplicate — in two copies, times two
- inacceptable — Unacceptable.
- inapplicable — not applicable; unsuitable.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- incapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of incapsulate.
- incapsulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incapsulate.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.