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

  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
  • spongicolous — relating to the skeleton of some marine animals
  • sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • state police — a police force under state authority rather than under the authority of a city or county in the state.
  • stipulaceous — of, relating to, having, resembling, or living on stipules
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sub-tropical — Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions.
  • subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
  • suboccipital — situated below the occipital bone or the occipital lobe of the brain.
  • subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
  • suboperculum — a bone in fishes behind the operculum or gill covering
  • supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
  • supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
  • supplication — an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.
  • supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • suspiciously — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
  • swamp locust — water locust.
  • t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
  • t-lymphocyte — T cell.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • telecomputer — teleprocessing.
  • temper color — any of the colors appearing on the surface of clean, unoxidized steel heated in air, from pale yellow at the coolest to dark blue at the hottest: used as an approximate indication of temperature.
  • tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
  • thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
  • toxophilitic — of or relating to a person who loves archery
  • tractor pull — a contest in which tractors compete to pull the heaviest load.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
  • triple crown — an unofficial title held by a horse that wins the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes in a single season.
  • trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
  • tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • trouser clip — a clip that is worn around the bottom of a trouser leg to stop the material getting caught in the chain of a bicycle
  • trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
  • turbo pascal — (language, product)   Borland International's Pascal. Perhaps the first integrated development environment for MS-DOS. Versions 1.0-3.0: standard Pascal with a few extensions Versions 4.0 (1987) and 5.0: separate compilation. Version 5.5: object-oriented. Version 6.0: Turbo Vision OOP library.
  • ultracompact — extremely compact, esp of technology that is much smaller than a standard model
  • unapologetic — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • uncomparable — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
  • uncompelling — tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
  • uncomplacent — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
  • uncomplicate — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
  • uncomposable — not fit for composition
  • uncomputable — to determine by calculation; reckon; calculate: to compute the period of Jupiter's revolution.
  • undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
  • unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
  • unprocedural — not procedural, not following proper procedures
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