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12-letter words containing c, y, l, o, e

  • dodecastylos — a dodecastyle building, as a classical temple.
  • domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
  • double bucky — Using both the CTRL and META keys. "The command to burn all LEDs is double bucky F." This term originated on the Stanford extended-ASCII keyboard, and was later taken up by users of the space-cadet keyboard at MIT. A typical MIT comment was that the Stanford bucky bits (control and meta shifting keys) were nice, but there weren't enough of them; you could type only 512 different characters on a Stanford keyboard. An obvious way to address this was simply to add more shifting keys, and this was eventually done; but a keyboard with that many shifting keys is hard on touch-typists, who don't like to move their hands away from the home position on the keyboard. It was half-seriously suggested that the extra shifting keys be implemented as pedals; typing on such a keyboard would be very much like playing a full pipe organ. This idea is mentioned in a parody of a very fine song by Jeffrey Moss called "Rubber Duckie", which was published in "The Sesame Street Songbook" (Simon and Schuster 1971, ISBN 0-671-21036-X). These lyrics were written on May 27, 1978, in celebration of the Stanford keyboard: Double Bucky Double bucky, you're the one! You make my keyboard lots of fun. Double bucky, an additional bit or two: (Vo-vo-de-o!) Control and meta, side by side, Augmented ASCII, nine bits wide! Double bucky! Half a thousand glyphs, plus a few! Oh, I sure wish that I Had a couple of Bits more! Perhaps a Set of pedals to Make the number of Bits four: Double double bucky! Double bucky, left and right OR'd together, outta sight! Double bucky, I'd like a whole word of Double bucky, I'm happy I heard of Double bucky, I'd like a whole word of you! - The Great Quux (With apologies to Jeffrey Moss. This, by the way, is an excellent example of computer filk --- ESR). See also meta bit, cokebottle, and quadruple bucky.
  • duodecastyle — dodecastyle.
  • dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
  • ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
  • ecclesiology — the study of ecclesiastical adornments and furnishings.
  • eco-friendly — environmentally safe
  • ecologically — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
  • economically — in a thrifty or frugal manner; with economy.
  • ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
  • electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
  • electrolytes — Plural form of electrolyte.
  • electrolytic — Of, relating to, or using electrolysis.
  • electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
  • 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
  • elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
  • 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.
  • enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
  • entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
  • epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
  • episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
  • equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
  • esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
  • etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
  • etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
  • euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
  • euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
  • exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
  • feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
  • felicitously — In a felicitous manner.
  • field hockey — a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather-covered ball into the other's goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or blade that is flat on one side and rounded on the other.
  • fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
  • folk society — an often small, homogeneous, and isolated community or society functioning chiefly through primary contacts and strongly attached to its traditional ways of living.
  • forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
  • frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
  • gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
  • geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
  • geologically — of, relating to, or based on geology.
  • geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
  • geosynclines — Plural form of geosyncline.
  • glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
  • glycerolysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and glycerol.
  • glycogenesis — the formation of glycogen from monosaccharides in the body, especially glucose.
  • glycogenetic — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
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