12-letter words containing e, c
- airpocalypse — (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China.
- airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
- alalcomeneus — the first man: he reared Athena and reconciled Zeus and Hera.
- albert canal — ship canal in Belgium, from Liège to Antwerp: 81 mi (131 km)
- alchemically — in an alchemical manner
- alcohol-free — (of beer or wine) containing only a trace of alcohol
- alencon lace — an elaborate lace worked on a hexagonal mesh and used as a border, or a machine-made copy of this
- alexipharmac — an antidote
- alexipharmic — acting as an antidote
- alice palmer — Alice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
- alice's fern — Hartford fern.
- alkalescence — the process of developing alkaline qualities
- alkalescency — the tendency to develop alkaline qualities
- all-american — If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country.
- allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
- allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
- allen wrench — a thin, L-shaped wrench with a hexagonal head at both ends, designed to fit the sockets of certain screws and bolts
- allergically — In an allergic manner; because of allergies.
- alphabetical — Alphabetical means arranged according to the normal order of the letters in the alphabet.
- alphamerical — relating to alphanumeric characters
- alphanumeric — (of a character set, code, or file of data) consisting of alphabetical and numerical symbols
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
- alveolectomy — The surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis.
- alyce clover — a tropical perennial clover (Alysicarpus vaginalis) sometimes used as a cover crop and for fodder
- amber nectar — beer
- ambitendency — ambivalence, especially when acted out; a tendency to contradictory behavior arising from conflicting impulses.
- ambulanceman — An ambulanceman is a man who drives an ambulance or takes care of people in an ambulance on the way to hospital.
- amenorrhoeic — absence of the menses.
- american elk — elk (def 2).
- american elm — an elm, Ulmus americana, of North America, cultivated for shade and ornament: state tree of Massachusetts, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
- american ivy — a vitaceous woody vine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of North America, having tendrils with adhesive tips, bluish-black berry-like fruits, and compound leaves that turn red in autumn: widely planted for ornament
- american rig — a rig for drilling oil and gas wells by using a chisel bit dropped from a considerable height.
- americanisms — a custom, trait, belief, etc., peculiar to the United States of America or its citizens.
- americanized — If someone is Americanized, they do things in a way that is typical of the United States.
- americanness — of or relating to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
- amicableness — The state or quality of being amicable.
- aminobenzoic — as in aminobenzoic acid
- amnioscopies — Plural form of amnioscopy.
- amperometric — relating to or involving the measurement of an electric current
- amphicoelous — (of the vertebrae of most fishes and some amphibians) concave at the anterior and posterior ends
- amphithecium — the outer layer of cells of the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts that develops into the outer parts of the spore-bearing capsule
- amphotericin — an amphoteric antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces nodosus and used in the treatment of fungal infections.
- ampullaceous — shaped like an ampulla or a bladder
- amuse-bouche — an appetizer before a meal
- amyl acetate — banana oil
- anaerobiotic — anaerobic
- anaesthetics — the science, study, and practice of anaesthesia and its application
- analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
- anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one