12-letter words containing p, c, l, i
- irreplacable — Misspelling of irreplaceable.
- irreplicable — Incapable of being replicated.
- isotopically — With regard to isotopes.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jump a claim — to seize mining rights or land claimed by someone else
- 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.
- 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.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- landed price — the price when delivered
- landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
- laparoscopic — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- lapidescence — a lapidescent quality or condition
- lapidicolous — living under stones
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
- leptosomatic — a person of asthenic build.
- leucopoiesis — the formation and development of white blood cells.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lickspittles — Plural form of lickspittle.
- lincoln park — a city in SE Michigan.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- linear space — vector space.
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- liposarcomas — Plural form of liposarcoma.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- lithotriptic — causing the destruction of bladder stones
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- loan capital — borrowed capital
- local option — a right of choice exercised by a minor political division, as a county, especially as to allowing the sale of liquor.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- machtpolitik — power politics
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- mammaplastic — Of, or pertaining to, mammaplasty.
- mantelpieces — Plural form of mantelpiece.
- manuscriptal — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to manuscript.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- metaleptical — metaleptic
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapolitics — political theory: often used derogatorily
- metempirical — beyond or outside the field of experience.