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12-letter words containing p, c, l, i

  • recapitulate — to review by a brief summary, as at the end of a speech or discussion; summarize.
  • reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
  • reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
  • retail price — amount sth costs in shops
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • risk capital — venture capital.
  • run in place — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • scafell pike — a mountain in NW England, in Cumberland: highest peak in England. 3210 feet (978 meters).
  • scalp lotion — A scalp lotion is a liquid medication for the treatment of scalp conditions and disorders.
  • scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
  • schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
  • scopes trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • scopophiliac — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
  • scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
  • seed capital — small sum invested in new business
  • semipellucid — somewhat pellucid; partially translucent or transparent
  • semitropical — subtropical.
  • septuplicate — a group, series, or set of seven identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • sextuplicate — a group, series, or set of six identical copies: The application is to be submitted in sextuplicate.
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
  • silicon chip — A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon inside a computer. It has electronic circuits on it and can hold large quantities of information or perform mathematical or logical operations.
  • silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
  • simplicially — from a simplicial point of view
  • single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
  • sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
  • slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
  • slipped disc — displaced spinal disc
  • slipper sock — a sock with a soft leather or vinyl sole sewn onto it, used as indoor footwear.
  • snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • 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
  • spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
  • special area — distressed area.
  • special case — exception
  • special jury — struck jury.
  • special plea — a plea that alleges special or new matter as an answer to the allegations made by the opposite side and not as a denial of them.
  • special rule — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
  • special sort — a character, such as an accented letter, that is not a usual member of any font
  • special team — Football. a group of players fielded for kicking plays, as punts, kickoffs, and field-goal attempts.
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