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12-letter words containing l, a, c, t

  • agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
  • agricultural — Agricultural means involving or relating to agriculture.
  • alant starch — inulin.
  • albert canal — ship canal in Belgium, from Liège to Antwerp: 81 mi (131 km)
  • alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
  • alcoholicity — the strength of an alcoholic liquor
  • alias dictus — otherwise called; alias.
  • allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
  • allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
  • allotropical — (chemistry, rare) Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
  • alphabetical — Alphabetical means arranged according to the normal order of the letters in the alphabet.
  • alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
  • altercations — Plural form of altercation.
  • altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.
  • alveolectomy — The surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis.
  • amitotically — the direct method of cell division, characterized by simple cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of chromosomes.
  • amphiblastic — (of animal ova) showing complete but unequal cleavage after fertilization
  • amphibolitic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
  • amyl acetate — banana oil
  • anacolouthon — Alternative spelling of anacoluthon (A break in sequence, that occurs when the scheme of a sentence is changed in its course. Incoherence in a sentence.).
  • analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
  • analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
  • analytically — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
  • anaphylactic — exaggerated allergic reaction to a foreign protein resulting from previous exposure to it.
  • anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
  • anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
  • anchor plant — a South American shrub, Colletia cruciata, of the buckthorn family, having flattened green branches and yellowish-white flowers.
  • anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
  • anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
  • anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
  • anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
  • animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
  • annihilistic — Relating to annihilation.
  • anorthoclase — a variety of microcline, rich in sodium and sometimes having a play of color: sometimes considered a variety of orthoclase.
  • antanaclasis — a form of speech in which a key word is repeated and used in a different, and sometimes contrary, way for a play on words, as in The craft of a politician is to appear before the public without craft.
  • antarafacial — (chemistry) Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to opposite faces of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment.
  • antebrachial — Lb anatomy relating to the forearm.
  • antecedental — preceding; prior: an antecedent event.
  • antecedently — in an antecedent manner
  • anthelic arc — a rare halo occurring at the sun's elevation but in the opposite part of the sky.
  • anthelmintic — killing or ejecting intestinal worms
  • anthological — a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject: an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
  • anti-nuclear — opposed to military and industrial applications of nuclear energy and to technologies which produce radioactive waste products
  • anti-radical — opposed to radicalism or radicals.
  • antiallergic — An antiallergic substance prevents or relieves allergies.
  • antibacklash — relating to the prevention of a violent backward reaction or movement
  • antibiblical — Opposing or contradicting the Bible.
  • antibiotical — Of or pertaining to antibiotics.
  • antiblackism — a belief or type of behaviour which exhibits hostility towards Black people
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