12-letter words containing c, o, l, i
- autocratical — Autocratic.
- autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
- autoptically — in an autoptical manner
- avariciously — characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- back molding — a molding, as a backband, applied to interior window and door trim to conceal the edge of the wall surface.
- backsolution — The process or result of backsolving.
- bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
- bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
- balto-slavic — the Baltic and Slavic languages, when considered as constituting a subfamily within the Indo-European family of languages: the Baltic and Slavic branches are now generally considered by scholars as independently derived from Indo-European
- barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
- basic jovial — (language) A subset of JOVIAL written ca. 1965.
- battological — tending to repeat words unnecessarily
- beacon light — a light signal for shipping
- beaconsfield — a town in SE England, in Buckinghamshire. Pop: 12 292 (2001)
- bed-blocking — the use of hospital beds by elderly patients who cannot leave hospital because they have no place in a residential care home
- bible school — a school or study program devoted to Bible study, esp at a church
- bibliomaniac — excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
- bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile
- bibliothecal — relating to a bibliotheca
- bicollateral — (of a vascular bundle) having two phloem groups to the inside and outside, respectively, of the xylem
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- bifunctional — having two functions
- bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
- billow cloud — a cloud consisting of broad, parallel bands oriented perpendicularly to the wind.
- bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
- binary color — secondary color.
- bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
- binocularity — binocular characteristics
- biocoenology — the branch of ecology concerned with the relationships and interactions between the members of a natural community
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- biologically — pertaining to biology.
- biomolecular — relating to a biomolecule
- biosociology — the study of the evolution of social forms and the development of social behavior in terms analogous to or correlated with biological studies.
- biotechnical — relating to biotechnology
- bird colonel — a full colonel in the US Army
- black heroin — a very potent and addictive form of heroin that is dark-colored.
- black liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the liquor that remains after digestion.
- blastocoelic — of or relating to the blastocoel
- blind corner — a corner where the view of the road ahead is completely obscured or very restricted
- block caving — a method of mining a large block of ore by systematically undercutting so the ore will cave. Compare cave (def 5a).
- block island — an island off the coast of and a part of Rhode Island, at the E entrance to Long Island Sound.
- block signal — a fixed railroad signal governing the movements of trains entering and using a given section of track.
- block voting — voting using block votes
- blockbusting — A blockbusting film or book is one that is very successful, usually because it is very exciting.
- bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- boletic acid — fumaric acid.
- bolshevistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Bolshevists or Bolshevism.