12-letter words containing p, c, l, i, s
- dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
- diploblastic — having two germ layers, the ectoderm and endoderm, as the embryos of sponges and coelenterates.
- diplodocuses — Plural form of diplodocus.
- discerptible — capable of being torn apart; divisible.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- disciplinant — a person belonging to a former order of flagellants in Spain
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- disciplining — Present participle of discipline.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- displaceable — Capable of being displaced.
- displacement — the act of displacing.
- display case — glass box, cabinet
- display hack — (graphics) A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
- display pack — an empty box, etc, on a shop shelf, advertising a piece of merchandise that, due to its value or size, is not stored on the shelf. The display pack is normally taken to the till and there exchanged, on payment, for the actual item
- displeasance — the state or cause of being displeased
- duplications — Plural form of duplication.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.
- episcopalian — An adherent of episcopacy.
- episcopalism — the belief that a Church should be governed by bishops
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- escapologist — An entertainer specializing in escaping from the confinement of such things as ropes, handcuffs, and chains.
- exceptionals — Plural form of exceptional.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- explicitness — The state or characteristic of being explicit.
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- foam plastic — a kind of light cellular plastic made by creating bubbles of gas in the liquid material and solidifying it: often used as an insulator
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hypocycloids — Plural form of hypocycloid.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- implicitness — The state or quality of being implicit.
- impost block — dosseret.