12-letter words containing c, l, a, t, o
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- unfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- unhistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- unifactorial — of or relating to a single gene.
- uninoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- unmethodical — characterized by lack of method or disorderliness
- unnoticeable — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.
- varia lectio — a variant reading.
- velociraptor — a small carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor , from the late Cretaceous period, capable of leaping, and growing to a length of about 6 feet (2 meters), having feathers, a flat snout, short forelimbs with large handlike talons, and a large sickle-shaped claw on each foot.
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- vocalization — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocationally — of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.
- vocicultural — relating to voice training
- volstead act — an act of Congress, introduced in 1919 by Andrew J. Volstead to implement the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which forbade the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- volta effect — contact potential.
- voltaic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- voltaic pile — an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte.
- waffle cloth — honeycomb (def 5a).
- water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
- water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.
- water cooler — a container for holding drinking water that is cooled and drawn off by a faucet or spigot.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- water-cooled — kept from overheating by having water circulated around or through it, as in pipes or a water jacket
- water-locked — enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water: a waterlocked nation.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- weathercloth — a canvas cover for sheltering crew or protecting boat parts from the weather
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
- wild apricot — apricot (def 4).
- yachtspeople — Plural form of yachtsperson.
- yellowjacket — (chiefly, US) A predatory wasp with alternating black and yellow stripes around the abdomen, usually of the genera Vespula or Dolichovespula.
- you can talk — you don't have to worry about doing a particular thing yourself
- zootechnical — of or relating to zootechny