12-letter words containing l, e, c, y, t, h
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- leachability — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- methacrylate — an ester or salt derived from methacrylic acid.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methoxychlor — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 1 5 Cl 3 O 2 , used as an insecticide.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- octyl phenol — a white to pink, water-insoluble, flaky substance having the formula C 1 4 H 2 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial surface-active agents.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polycythemic — relating to polycythemia
- polyphyletic — developed from more than one ancestral type, as a group of animals.
- polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
- t-lymphocyte — T cell.
- teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
- technicality — technical character.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
- thematically — of or relating to a theme.
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
- unethicality — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.