12-letter words containing o, c, t, y, l
- fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- frictionally — In terms of friction.
- functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- glycogenetic — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gynecologist — a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- heterocyclic — of or relating to the branch of chemistry dealing with cyclic compounds in which at least one of the ring members is not a carbon atom (contrasted with homocyclic).
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hill country — hilly area
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypochlorite — a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypothalamic — Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
- hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- ichthyocolla — a fish glue or gelatine used as food or medicine
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- illogicality — illogic.
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- incestuously — involving incest.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incompatibly — In an incompatible manner.
- incompletely — not complete; lacking some part.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconstantly — In an inconstant manner.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- insouciantly — free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.
- isotonically — In an isotonic way.
- isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
- 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.
- lanceolately — in a lanceolate way or form
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- lay claim to — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.