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12-letter words containing c, e, r, n, l, i

  • preconciliar — (in the Catholic church) of or pertaining to a period prior to a church council, particularly one of the Vatican Councils
  • predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
  • primal scene — a child's first real or imagined observation of parental sexual intercourse.
  • prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
  • procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
  • processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
  • product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
  • proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
  • prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
  • protectingly — in a protective manner
  • pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
  • recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
  • recentralize — to draw to or gather about a center.
  • recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • recollection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
  • reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
  • recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
  • retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
  • rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
  • ribbon cable — (hardware)   A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
  • roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
  • run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • sacring bell — a small bell rung at the elevation of the Host and chalice during Mass
  • scatteringly — in a scattering manner
  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • scribblement — a scribble
  • selling race — a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.
  • semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • service line — Tennis. the rear boundary of a service court.
  • silky cornel — a cornel, Cornus amomum, of the eastern U.S., having leaves covered with short, silky hairs on the underside and bearing blue berries.
  • single cream — dairy product: thin or light cream
  • single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
  • single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
  • single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
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