12-letter words containing c, l, o, u, e
- mount carmel — a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- muffle color — Ceramics. a color fired onto an object in a muffle kiln.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multicostate — having several costae or ribs
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- museological — Pertaining to museology.
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- noctilucence — (of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer.
- nomenclature — a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.
- non-culpable — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- noninducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- noninfluence — a lack of influence, failure to influence
- nonmercurial — not composed of, resembling, or containing mercury
- nonmolecular — not molecular, not made up of or relating to molecules
- nonnucleated — having no nucleus
- nonnumerical — not containing or involving numbers
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
- nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- nullipotence — Quality of being nullipotent.
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- ochroleucous — having an off-white colour or a white colour tinted with yellow
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- oil producer — a country with reserves of oil
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- old mine cut — a brilliant cut, common in the 19th century, retaining a relatively high proportion of the original stone and having a large culet and small table compared to modern brilliants.