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12-letter words containing l, a, c, r, o

  • intolerances — Plural form of intolerance.
  • iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
  • irda control — (standard)   (IrDA-C, formerly IrBUS) Infrared standard from IrDA. IrDA Control is a low speed communication standard that allows cordless peripherals such as keyboards, mice, game pads, and joysticks to interact with intelligent host devices. Host devices include PCs, home appliances, game machines, and television and web set-top boxes. IrDA Control supports data rates of 75 Kbps at up to 8 metres, and is designed to integrate with devices that use USB HID. Parts and products featuring IrDA Control are expected in 1998. See also IrDA Data, AIR.
  • ironicalness — The quality of being ironical.
  • irreciprocal — not reciprocal
  • ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
  • jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
  • japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
  • jim crow law — any state law discriminating against black persons.
  • jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
  • journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
  • junior class — the penultimate class in high school or college
  • kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
  • kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
  • labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
  • lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
  • lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
  • lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
  • lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  • lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
  • ladder logic — (programming)   Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
  • lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
  • lane closure — the closing of a lane on a motorway
  • laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
  • laparoscopic — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
  • laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
  • leader block — Nautical. lead block.
  • lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
  • lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lime cordial — a drink made from sweetened lime juice and plain or carbonated water
  • lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
  • linear logic — (theory)   A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
  • liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
  • lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
  • loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
  • local colour — Local colour is used to refer to customs, traditions, dress, and other things which give a place or period of history its own particular character.
  • locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
  • lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
  • locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
  • locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
  • logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
  • loop reactor — A loop reactor is a reactor in which the material is pumped round one or more vessels or stages in a continuous process.
  • loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
  • lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
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