12-letter words containing c, l, i
- agricultural — Agricultural means involving or relating to agriculture.
- agrochemical — a chemical, such as a pesticide, used for agricultural purposes
- aid climbing — climbing that employs mechanical devices (aids) to accomplish difficult manoeuvres (artificial moves)
- ailurophilic — relating to ailurophilia
- ailurophobic — relating to ailurophobia
- air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
- airpocalypse — (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China.
- alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
- alchemically — in an alchemical manner
- alcoholicity — the strength of an alcoholic liquor
- alcoholizing — Present participle of alcoholize.
- alexipharmac — an antidote
- alexipharmic — acting as an antidote
- alginic acid — powdery substance extracted from kelp
- alias dictus — otherwise called; alias.
- alice palmer — Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
- alice's fern — Hartford fern.
- all-american — If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
- allergically — In an allergic manner; because of allergies.
- allotropical — (chemistry, rare) Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
- alphabetical — Alphabetical means arranged according to the normal order of the letters in the alphabet.
- alphamerical — relating to alphanumeric characters
- alphanumeric — (of a character set, code, or file of data) consisting of alphabetical and numerical symbols
- alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- ambisyllabic — (of a single speech sound or cluster) shared phonetically by two contiguous syllables, as the single n -sound of any or the pl -cluster of grappling.
- american elk — elk (def 2).
- american elm — an elm, Ulmus americana, of North America, cultivated for shade and ornament: state tree of Massachusetts, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- amitotically — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
- amphiblastic — (of animal ova) showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization
- amphibolitic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
- amphicoelous — (of the vertebrae of most fishes and some amphibians) concave at the anterior and posterior ends
- anachronical — Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect.
- anaglyphical — Alternative form of anaglyphic.
- analogically — In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.
- analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
- analytically — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
- anaphylactic — exaggerated allergic reaction to a foreign protein resulting from previous exposure to it.
- anarchically — In an anarchic manner; in the manner of anarchy.
- anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
- anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
- anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- andragogical — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androclinium — clinandrium.
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes