12-letter words containing c, o, m, l, i
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polycythemic — relating to polycythemia
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polyrhythmic — the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition.
- porismatical — porismatic
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- proclamation — something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
- protoplasmic — Biology. (no longer in technical use) the colloidal and liquid substance of which cells are formed, excluding horny, chitinous, and other structural material; the cytoplasm and nucleus.
- psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- rattail comb — a comb for the hair having a narrow, pointed handle used in styling the hair.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- rock climber — sb who scales mountains
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- sal ammoniac — ammonium chloride.
- salmon brick — a soft, imperfectly fired brick having a reddish-orange color.
- schistosomal — relating to or characteristic of a schistosome or member of the genus Schistosoma
- sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
- sectionalism — excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.
- self-mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- semicolonial — partly colonial
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- semiological — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- semitropical — subtropical.
- serial comma — a comma used after the next-to-last item in a series of three or more items when the next-to-last and last items are separated by a conjunction. In the series A, B, C, or D, the comma after C is the series comma.
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smilacaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Smilacaceae, a temperate and tropical family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, most of which are climbing shrubs with prickly stems: includes smilax
- social media — websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts: Many businesses are utilizing social media to generate sales.
- somatic cell — one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- stalactiform — resembling or shaped like a stalactite.
- stereocilium — any of the long, flexible microvilli that superficially resemble cilia and occur as a brush border or series of tufts on the surface of various epithelial tissues.
- stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
- symbolically — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- thrombolytic — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.