12-letter words containing c, o, p, l
- cryptolocker — (security) The best known example of the kind of malware known as ransomware. CryptoLocker encrypts files on your computer and then demands that you send the malware operator money in order to have the files decrypted. According to FBI estimates, CryptoLocker had more than 500,000 victims between September 2013 and May 2014. Around 1.3 percent paid to free their files, earning the malware makers around $3 million. The criminal network was smashed by authorities and security researchers in May 2014 and a tool put online to decryt victim's files for free.
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- dallapiccola — Luigi (luˈiːdʒi). 1904–75, Italian composer of twelve-tone music. His works include the opera Il Prigioniero (1944–48) and the ballet Marsia (1948)
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- deep ecology — a radical environmental movement and philosophy that regards humans as equal to other organisms within the global ecosystem.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- depoliticize — to deprive of a political nature; render apolitical
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- diplocardiac — having the right and left sides of the heart somewhat or completely divided, as in birds and mammals.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- diplomatical — Obsolete form of diplomatic.
- dockwalloper — longshoreman
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- double piece — a piece of plate armor for reinforcing or replacing a piece ordinarily used in a suit.
- double-space — to type (text, copy, etc.) leaving a full space between lines: Always double-space a term paper.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophone — (music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electrical currents.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- electroplate — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- electroscope — An instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.
- epencephalon — the cerebellum and pons Varolii
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- episcopalian — An adherent of episcopacy.