12-letter words containing c, l, a, m, o, r
- commissarial — Of or pertaining to a commissary.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- coram populo — in the presence of the people; publicly
- corporealism — materialism
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- crystal form — a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
- democratical — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- double cream — (in France) a fresh, soft cheese with at least 60 percent fat, made from cow's milk enriched with cream.
- drama school — a college which trains students (who are generally 18+) to act
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- flame carbon — a carbon electrode containing metallic salts that colour the arc in a flame-arc light
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions.
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- imidacloprid — The insecticide 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine used to control fleas in domestic pets.
- immoralistic — (somewhat, rare) Of or relating to immoralism.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- macassar oil — an oil derived from materials said to be obtained from Macassar, formerly used as a hairdressing.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.