12-letter words containing c, l, a, i, r, t
- reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- rearticulate — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- recalcitrant — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
- recalcitrate — to resist or oppose; show strong objection or repugnance.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recalibrates — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recapitalize — to renew or change the capital of.
- recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
- recentralize — to draw to or gather about a center.
- recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- retail price — amount sth costs in shops
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhythmically — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- risk capital — venture capital.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- sacroiliitis — the inflammation of the sacroiliac joint
- salescritter — /sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman? A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add: ...and probably knows how to drive.] This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common. Compare marketroid, suit.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scintillator — a phosphor capable of producing scintillations.
- scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrobiculate — furrowed or pitted.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- secobarbital — a white, odorless, slightly bitter powder, C 1 2 H 1 8 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative and hypnotic.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- 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.
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- sorosilicate — any of the silicates in which each silicate tetrahedron shares one of its four oxygen atoms with a neighboring tetrahedron, the ratio of silicon to oxygen being two to seven.
- special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
- special term — the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.