12-letter words containing c, o, p, l
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lampadomancy — a method of divination by studying the carbon deposits left by a burning lamp or candle
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
- laparoscopic — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- leper colony — a place where people who have leprosy live in quarantine
- leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotriptic — causing the destruction of bladder stones
- loan capital — borrowed capital
- local option — a right of choice exercised by a minor political division, as a county, especially as to allowing the sale of liquor.
- locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- loop reactor — A loop reactor is a reactor in which the material is pumped round one or more vessels or stages in a continuous process.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- machtpolitik — power politics
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- meclonazepam — A benzodiazepine derivative, similar in structure to clonazepam, with sedative and anxiolytic effects and antiparasitic activity against Schistosoma mansoni.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- microcapsule — a tiny capsule, 20–150 microns in diameter, used for slow-release application of drugs, pesticides, flavors, etc.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- microplanner — A subset of PLANNER, implemented in Lisp by Gerald Sussman et al at MIT. Its important features were goal-oriented, pattern-directed procedure invocation, an embedded knowledge base, and automatic backtracking. microPLANNER was superseded by Conniver.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- mucopurulent — containing or composed of mucus and pus.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- nanoparticle — a microscopic particle of matter that is measured on the nanoscale, usually one that measures less than 100 nanometers.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.