12-letter words containing p, c, e
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- insect spray — a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- intemperance — excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
- intercepting — Present participle of intercept.
- interception — an act or instance of intercepting.
- interceptive — to take, seize, or halt (someone or something on the way from one place to another); cut off from an intended destination: to intercept a messenger.
- interceptors — Plural form of interceptor.
- interchapter — a short chapter in a book that occurs between two major chapters
- intercipient — (of a medicine) having the effect of stopping the flow of humours, such as the aqueous humour
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercompare — (of members of a group) to compare each member against all other members
- intercropped — Simple past tense and past participle of intercrop.
- interoceptor — a receptor, especially of the viscera, responding to stimuli originating from within the body.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspecies — existing or occurring between species.
- interspliced — Simple past tense and past participle of intersplice.
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- intraspecies — existing or occurring within a species.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- intussuscept — to take within, as one part of the intestine into an adjacent part; invaginate.
- ipecac syrup — a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.
- irreciprocal — not reciprocal
- irrepentance — Lack of repentance; impenitence.
- irreplacable — Misspelling of irreplaceable.
- irreplicable — Incapable of being replicated.
- irrespective — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- isoteniscope — an instrument used to measure vapour pressure
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- jeep carrier — an antisubmarine escort carrier.
- joe six-pack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- jury process — the writ used to summon jurors
- kaleidoscope — an optical instrument in which bits of glass, held loosely at the end of a rotating tube, are shown in continually changing symmetrical forms by reflection in two or more mirrors set at angles to each other.
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- 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.
- knee-capping — Knee-capping is the act of shooting someone in the knee and is carried out by some terrorist organizations as a form of punishment.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lamp bracket — a bracket for holding a lamp