12-letter words containing r, e, t, i, c, l
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- field centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fire control — technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- frenetically — In a frenetic manner.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- gerontologic — relating to gerontology
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
- halobacteria — Plural form of halobacterium.
- halotrichite — a mineral, iron alum, isomorphous with pickeringite, occurring in the form of yellowish fibers.
- helicobacter — Any member of the Helicobacter bacteria.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heliocentric — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- heteroclisis — (grammar) The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb etc.
- heteroclites — Plural form of heteroclite.
- heteroclitic — (linguistics) In linguistics, particularly Indo-European Studies, signifying a stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case. Examples of heteroclitic noun stems in Proto-Indo-European include '*wod-r/n-'
- heterocyclic — of or relating to the branch of chemistry dealing with cyclic compounds in which at least one of the ring members is not a carbon atom (contrasted with homocyclic).
- heteroleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having two or more types of ligand.
- heterophilic — Also, heterophilic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- hieratically — In a hieratic way.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hypertypical — excessively typical
- hypochlorite — a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
- hysterically — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- ice crystals — ice formations
- iliac artery — Also called common iliac artery. either of two large arteries that conduct blood to the pelvis and the legs.