12-letter words containing c, l, a, t, o
- glossematics — a school of linguistic analysis developed by Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) in Copenhagen in the 1930s based on the study of the distribution of glossemes.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- halotrichite — a mineral, iron alum, isomorphous with pickeringite, occurring in the form of yellowish fibers.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- hello packet — (networking, communications) An OSPF packet sent periodically on each network interface, real or virtual, to discover and test connections to neighbours. Hello packets are multicast on physical networks capable of multicasting or broadcasting to enable dynamic router discovery. They include the parameters that routers connected to a common network must agree on. Hello packets increase network resilience by, e.g., allowing a router to establish a secondary connection when a primary connection fails.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- heterocercal — having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypothalamic — Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
- hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- ichthyocolla — a fish glue or gelatine used as food or medicine
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- iconoclastic — attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity: an iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.
- idiopathical — Alternative form of idiopathic.
- illogicality — illogic.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- immoralistic — (somewhat, rare) Of or relating to immoralism.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- in-compliant — not compliant; unyielding.
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- inclinations — A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition or propensity.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- inconstantly — In an inconstant manner.
- indicational — providing an indication; indicative