12-letter words containing c, l, a, n, i
- intolerances — Plural form of intolerance.
- intracardial — situated within, or injected into, the heart
- intracranial — being or occurring within the skull.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- irda control — (standard) (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
- ironicalness — The quality of being ironical.
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- isotonically — In an isotonic way.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
- kachina doll — a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift to a child or used as a household decoration.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- landed price — the price when delivered
- landing card — an identification card issued to a traveler for presentation to the immigration authorities.
- landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- latin school — a secondary school emphasizing instruction in Latin and Greek.
- leading case — a case that is regarded as having settled a particular point of law; a case that is used as guidance for legal decisions
- lecithinases — Plural form of lecithinase.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- light cannon — a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight
- limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- line dancing — to participate in a line dance.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- linear space — vector space.
- linguistical — (not in technical use) linguistic.
- linseed cake — a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering