12-letter words containing c, o, s, t, p, l
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- desmoplastic — (pathology) That produces adhesions.
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- electroscope — An instrument for detecting and measuring electricity, especially as an indication of the ionization of air by radioactivity.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- escapologist — An entertainer specializing in escaping from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains.
- exceptionals — Plural form of exceptional.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
- galactoscope — a lactoscope.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- impost block — dosseret.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- nepotistical — Nepotistic.
- neuroleptics — Plural form of neuroleptic.
- neuroplastic — Of or pertaining to neuroplasticity.
- new politics — politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.
- nonapostolic — Not apostolic.
- octopetalous — containing or consisting of eight petals
- octosepalous — having or consisting of eight sepals
- opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
- open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
- optical disc — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optical disk — Also, optical disc. Also called laser disk. a grooveless disk on which digital data, as text, music, or pictures, is stored as tiny pits in the surface and is read or replayed by a laser beam scanning the surface.
- optimistical — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- osteoplastic — Surgery. pertaining to osteoplasty.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).