12-letter words containing r, e, l, c, t
- latus rectum — the chord perpendicular to the principal axis and passing through a focus of an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- lead crystal — cut glass containing lead oxide
- leatherbacks — Plural form of leatherback.
- leathernecks — Plural form of leatherneck.
- lectionaries — Plural form of lectionary.
- lecture hall — conference room
- lecture room — conference hall
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- left bracket — (character) "[". ASCII character 91. Common: left square bracket; ITU-T: opening bracket; bracket. Rare: square; INTERCAL: U turn. Paired with right bracket ("]").
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- lenticularis — (meteorology) a cloud species which consists of rounded lens shaped of cloud, often forming near mountains. Associated with cirrocumulus, and altocumulus, and sometimes stratocumulus genera.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- letter stock — unregistered stock sold privately by a company so as not to have a negative effect on the price of its publicly traded stock.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- liberalistic — the quality or state of being liberal, as in behavior or attitude.
- lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person's answers under questioning.
- literalistic — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- loir-et-cher — a department in central France. 2479 sq. mi. (6420 sq. km). Capital: Blois.
- loop reactor — A loop reactor is a reactor in which the material is pumped round one or more vessels or stages in a continuous process.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
- macroclimate — the general climate of a large area, as of a continent or country.
- macroculture — The dominant culture in a society, its overculture.
- malefactress — a woman who violates the law or does evil.
- malpractices — Plural form of malpractice.
- malt extract — a sweet, gummy substance derived from an infusion of malt.
- marketplaces — Plural form of marketplace.
- master class — a small class for advanced students, especially a class in performance skills conducted by a distinguished musician.
- matriculated — Be enrolled at a college or university.
- matriculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of matriculate.
- melodramatic — of, like, or befitting melodrama.
- mercantilism — mercantile practices or spirit; commercialism.
- mercantilist — Of, pertaining to, or believing in mercantilism.
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- mercurialist — a person born under the planet Mercury
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- mesocortical — Of or pertaining to the mesocortex.
- meta-crystal — (language) A language for transformations of Crystal programs. Implemented in T.
- metacultural — Relating to metaculture.
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- 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).