12-letter words containing c, o, d, l, e
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hypochloride — Misspelling of hypochlorite.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- incorrodible — incapable of being corroded; not corrodible
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indoleacetic — as in indoleacetic acid, a naturally-occurring plant growth hormone
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- into decline — If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
- irreconciled — not reconciled, esp with God
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- knuckle down — a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
- loco disease — locoism.
- logodaedalic — of or relating to plays on words and word tricks
- longicaudate — having a long posterior or tail
- lower canada — former name of Quebec province 1791–1841.
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- malcontented — Malcontent.
- maledictions — Plural form of malediction.
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- medico-legal — pertaining to medicine and law or to forensic medicine.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- middle congo — former name of the People's Republic of the Congo.
- middle voice — the voice or form used when the subject of a verb performs an action on itself (often the reflexive form)
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- molluscicide — A substance that kills molluscs.
- mollycoddled — Simple past tense and past participle of mollycoddle.
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.
- mollycoddles — Plural form of mollycoddle.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
- nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
- nickelodeons — Plural form of nickelodeon.
- non-credible — capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement.
- non-selected — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- noncivilized — Not civilized.