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12-letter words containing e, t, c

  • autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
  • autocomplete — a feature of a word processor, email program, web browser, etc., that automatically predicts the remaining characters in a word or phrase based on what has been typed or input before: If you supply the information, your browser will be able to use autocomplete to fill out online forms.
  • autocritique — the examination of factors guiding one's thoughts, beliefs and actions; self-criticism
  • autodestruct — likely to or possessing the power to destroy or obliterate itself or its possessor
  • autoeciously — in an autoecious manner
  • autoexec.bat — (operating system)   The batch file containing commands, loaded by MS-DOS after running CONFIG.SYS. AUTOEXEC.BAT contains normal DOS commands and can be used for additional system configuration such as setting paths and variables, configuring network connections and running application programs.
  • autoinjector — A medical device designed to deliver a single dose of a particular, typically life-saving, drug.
  • autoreactive — (immunology, medicine) Acting against the organism by which it was produced.
  • autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
  • averruncator — a long pair of shears used for pruning the higher branches of trees
  • awe-stricken — filled with awe.
  • axisymmetric — being symmetrical around an axis
  • b lymphocyte — B cell.
  • b-lymphocyte — a type of lymphocyte, originating in bone marrow, that produces antibodies
  • b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
  • babcock test — a test for determining the butterfat content of milk and milk products, conducted by adding sulfuric acid to a sample and then centrifuging it in a flask with a calibrated neck in which the liquefied fat collects.
  • baccalauréat — (esp in France) a school-leaving examination that qualifies the successful candidates for entrance to university
  • bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
  • bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
  • back scatter — the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°.
  • back stretch — the straight part of a race track opposite the part leading to the finish line.
  • back-kitchen — a room off a main kitchen, usually further towards the back of the house where washing-up or preparatory cooking work might be done; a scullery
  • back-stabbed — to attempt to discredit (a person) by underhanded means, as innuendo, accusation, or the like.
  • back-stopped — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
  • backstitches — Plural form of backstitch.
  • backtrackers — Plural form of backtracker.
  • bacteria bed — a layer of sand or gravel used to expose sewage effluent, in its final stages, to air and the action of microorganisms
  • bactericidal — any substance capable of killing bacteria.
  • bactericides — Plural form of bactericide.
  • bacteriocide — Alternative form of bactericide.
  • bacteriology — Bacteriology is the science and the study of bacteria.
  • bacteriostat — any substance that arrests the growth or reproduction of bacteria but does not kill them
  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • balinese cat — a breed of cat with medium-length silky hair, a plumed tail, blue eyes, large ears, and a dark mask, tail, and paws
  • ballet blanc — a ballet in which the ballerinas' skirts are white.
  • balletically — in a balletic fashion; gracefully
  • baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
  • bandersnatch — a fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, and appearing also in The Hunting of the Snark and Through the Looking-Glass
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
  • barbecue set — a set of tools used for barbecuing
  • barometrical — (archaic) Relating to, or observed with, a barometer, barometric.
  • baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
  • basic weight — basis weight.
  • basket catch — a catch made with open glove with the palm up and the wrist kept close to and in front of the body.
  • basket chair — a chair made of wickerwork; a wicker chair
  • basmati rice — a variety of long-grain rice with slender aromatic grains, used for savoury dishes
  • bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
  • bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
  • bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
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