12-letter words containing c, l, i, m, a
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypothalamic — Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
- imidacloprid — The insecticide 1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine used to control fleas in domestic pets.
- immaculately — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- immoralistic — (somewhat, rare) Of or relating to immoralism.
- imparticular — (proscribed) in particular.
- impierceable — not able to be pierced
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- in-compliant — not compliant; unyielding.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incompliance — not compliant; unyielding.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconsumable — not consumable; incapable of being consumed.
- infomercials — Plural form of infomercial.
- informercial — infomercial.
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- intermercial — interstitial
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lacrimal sac — the dilated upper portion of the nasolacrimal duct that receives tears from the lacrimal ducts.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- lay claim to — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- like a charm — perfectly; successfully
- limacologist — a person who specialises in the study of slugs
- lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
- limnological — Of or pertaining to limnology, the study of freshwater bodies of water.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.