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

  • excitability — (uncountable) The state of being excitable.
  • exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
  • exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
  • exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
  • exclusionist — Acting to shut out or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege.
  • exclusive of — not including or allowing for; ignoring
  • exclusive or — (logic)   (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
  • exophthalmic — Having or characterized by protruding eyes.
  • explications — Plural form of explication.
  • explicitness — The state or characteristic of being explicit.
  • exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
  • extracranial — on the exterior of the skull, outside the skull
  • extractively — in an extractive manner
  • extralogical — Outside of the domain of logic.
  • extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
  • exulceration — the process of ulceration
  • facial angle — Craniometry. the angle formed by a line from nasion to prosthion at its intersection with the plane of the Frankfurt horizontal.
  • facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.
  • facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
  • facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
  • fact of life — any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
  • factionalize — (especially of a political party or other organized group) split or divide into factions.
  • factorisable — Alternative spelling of factorizable.
  • factorizable — (mathematics, of an integer or polynomial etc) Able to be factorized.
  • factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
  • fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
  • false acacia — black locust.
  • false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
  • false-acacia — Also called false acacia, yellow locust. a North American tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers.
  • fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
  • farcicalness — The property of being farcical.
  • fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
  • fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
  • federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
  • felicitating — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
  • felicitation — an expression of good wishes; congratulation.
  • felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
  • fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
  • fenian cycle — the cycle of legends describing and glorifying the bravery, battles, and wandering life of the Irish Fenians, especially under the leadership of Finn.
  • ferrofluidic — Of or pertaining to a ferrofluid.
  • ferrosilicon — a ferroalloy containing up to 95 percent silicon.
  • ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
  • fictionalise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fictionalize.
  • fictionalize — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
  • fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
  • fiddlesticks — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
  • field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
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