12-letter words containing d, e, r, l, i, c
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- para-medical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- particolored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pedicellaria — one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
- pencil cedar — the red cedar, Juniperus virginiana, or its wood.
- periodic law — the law that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- pickerelweed — any American plant of the genus Pontederia, especially P. cordata, having spikes of blue flowers, common in shallow fresh water.
- picture mold — a molding near a ceiling from which pictures can be suspended.
- plaid screen — [XEROX PARC] A "special effect" that occurs when certain kinds of memory smashes overwrite the control blocks or image memory of a bit-mapped display. The term "salt and pepper" may refer to a different pattern of similar origin. Though the term as coined at PARC refers to the result of an error, some of the X demos induce plaid-screen effects deliberately as a display hack.
- plerocercoid — the wormlike larval stage of some tapeworms, intermediate between the first parasitic larval stage and adult.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- postcardlike — (of a scene) resembling a postcard
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- precedential — of the nature of or constituting a precedent.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- predilection — a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- purple medic — a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop.
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- re-solicited — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- recalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- reducibility — capable of being reduced.
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- reward claim — a claim granted to a miner who discovered gold in a new area
- rideau canal — a waterway in SE Ontario, Canada, connecting the Ottawa Riverin Ottawa to Lake Ontario in Kingston. 125 miles (202 km) long.
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solid rocket — any of various rockets using solid fuel
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.