12-letter words containing l, a, c, t
- interglacial — occurring or formed between times of glacial action.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- intermercial — interstitial
- internuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- internuncial — serving to announce or connect.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intolerances — Plural form of intolerance.
- intracardial — situated within, or injected into, the heart
- intracranial — being or occurring within the skull.
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- 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.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- isotonically — In an isotonic way.
- isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- ixtaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- iztaccihuatl — an extinct volcano in S central Mexico, SE of Mexico City. 17,342 feet (5286 meters).
- jack-the-lad — a young man who is regarded as a brash, loud show-off
- jocularities — the state or quality of being jocular.
- journalistic — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- juggling act — If you say that a situation is a juggling act, you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly.
- juristically — of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.
- justicialism — the political doctrine of Juan Domingo Perón, formerly President of Argentina
- kaffeeklatch — Alternative spelling of coffee klatch.
- ketoconazole — a synthetic substance, C 26 H 28 Cl 2 N 4 O 4 , used to treat a variety of fungal infections.
- kit-cat club — a club of Whig wits, painters, politicians, and men of letters, including Robert Walpole, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Godfrey Kneller, that flourished in London between 1703 and 1720.
- kit-kat club — a club of Whig wits, painters, politicians, and men of letters, including Robert Walpole, John Vanbrugh, William Congreve, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Godfrey Kneller, that flourished in London between 1703 and 1720.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kleptocratic — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- labour costs — the charges incurred when employing labour; the wages, etc, paid to workers, esp those employed to do physical work
- lace-curtain — characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lacquer tree — any of several trees yielding a resin used as lacquer, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- lactalbumins — Plural form of lactalbumin.
- lactobacilli — Plural form of lactobacillus.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- ladder track — a railroad track linking a series of parallel tracks.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp
- lanceolately — in a lanceolate way or form
- lancet clock — a mantel clock having a case formed like an acutely pointed arch.