12-letter words containing l, i, f, e, c, a
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leaf-climber — a plant that climbs by using leaves specialized as tendrils
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loan officer — a bank employee who helps would-be borrowers get a loan
- loriciferans — Plural form of loriciferan.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- malefactions — Plural form of malefaction.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- pack of lies — false account
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- patent cliff — a potential sharp drop in sales and revenue for a company when one of its patents expires: the looming patent cliffs faced by pharmaceutical firms.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- prefectorial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a prefect: prefectorial powers.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- sales office — the office or room of the department of a company responsible for selling its goods or services
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
- self-finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- semiofficial — having some degree of official authority.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- space-filler — a short article of little or no importance written to fill space in a magazine or newspaper
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- terrifically — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- trace fossil — a fossilized track, trail, burrow, boring, or other structure in sedimentary rock that records the presence or behavior of the organism that made it.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
- unbeneficial — conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful: the beneficial effect of sunshine.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- unconfinable — not able to be bound
- zinc sulfate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, ZnSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and emetic.