12-letter words containing e, l, i, c, o
- preselection — to select in advance; choose beforehand.
- primulaceous — belonging to the plant family Primulaceae.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- problematics — problems or difficulties in a particular situation or subject
- probouleutic — relating to the Athenian council, which discussed matters before submitting them to the general assembly
- procellarian — a bird species from the genus Procellaria
- processional — of, relating to, or characteristic of a procession.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- prolificness — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- proscribable — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
- prosectorial — characteristic of a prosector
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protreptical — didactic
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyroelectric — pertaining to, subject to, or manifesting pyroelectricity.
- 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.
- reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recollection — the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
- reconcilable — capable of being reconciled.
- recreational — of or relating to recreation: recreational facilities in the park.
- rectirostral — (of a bird) having a straight bill.
- reflectorize — to treat something so that it reflects light: to reflectorize license plates.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- reticulation — a reticulated formation, arrangement, or appearance; network.
- reticulocyte — a very young red blood cell, sampled as a measure of red blood cell formation; reticulated erythrocyte.
- retinotectal — of or relating to the retina and the tectum
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
- ribbon cable — (hardware) A type of flat multicore cable with cores positioned side-by-side, making it quick and relatively easy to clamp an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) across all cores. Ribbon cables typically have grey insulation with cores on a 0.050" pitch and a red stripe marking Pin 1. They are less resilient than screened, multicore cable and are usually used inside equipment where little movement or plugging and unplugging are expected. A common use is connecting a disk drive to the motherboard in a PC.
- ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rock climber — sb who scales mountains
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
- root climber — a plant that clings to a surface and climbs by means of adventitious roots, as the ivy, Hedera helix.
- rough collie — a breed of long-haired collie with a coarse black-and-white or black, tan, and white coat, thicker around its neck and shoulders.