12-letter words containing i, n, r, e, c, o
- introjection — an unconscious psychic process by which a person incorporates into his or her own psychic apparatus the characteristics of another person or object.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- ironicalness — The quality of being ironical.
- irreconciled — not reconciled, esp with God
- irreflection — lack of careful or long consideration
- job creation — the process by which the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc is increased
- john bircher — Bircher.
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
- keratinocyte — An epidermal cell that produces keratin.
- kitty-corner — diagonal.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- leif ericson — Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- lesser ionic — Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- line officer — a military or naval officer serving with combatant units or warships, as distinguished from a staff officer, supply officer, etc.
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lower-income — earning less than average
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macromineral — any mineral required in the diet in relatively large amounts, especially calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc.
- marine corps — a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- mesoamerican — Alternative form of Mesoamerican.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- metronomical — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microbalance — a balance for weighing minute quantities of material.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
- microelement — Trace element.
- microfinance — (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
- microgranite — an igneous rock with an identical composition and mineral content to granite, but having a finer texture
- microinsurer — (insurance) An insurer providing microinsurance, small low-cost policies aimed at underserved groups.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- micromanager — One who micromanages.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.