12-letter words containing cl
- declinations — Plural form of declination.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- declustering — Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense).
- decluttering — Present participle of declutter.
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- deny a claim — If an insurance company denies a claim, it refuses to pay a claim submitted by a policyholder.
- devil's club — a spiny shrub, Oplopanax horridus, of northwestern North America, having broad palmate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of bright red berries.
- diesel cycle — Machinery. a theoretical heat cycle for an engine in which combustion occurs at a constant pressure and cooling at a constant volume.
- dinucleotide — a molecule composed of two nucleotide subunits.
- disclamation — the act of disclaiming; renunciation; disavowal.
- disinclining — Present participle of disincline.
- double cloth — a cloth used in overcoating, blankets, brocade, etc., made by interweaving two physically discrete fabrics at various points in the pattern by bringing warp and fill yarns from each through the other to be worked on the opposite face of the compound fabric.
- double-click — to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon.
- dress circle — a circular or curving division of seats in a theater, opera house, etc., usually the first gallery, originally set apart for spectators in evening dress.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- earth closet — a type of lavatory in which earth is used to cover excreta
- ecclesiastes — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Eccl., Eccles.
- ecclesiastic — a member of the clergy or other person in religious orders.
- ecclesiology — the study of ecclesiastical adornments and furnishings.
- eclectically — selecting or choosing from various sources.
- electroclash — a type of electronic music, originating in the first decade of the 21st century, that combines modern techno with synthesizer music characteristic of the 1980s
- enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
- encirclement — The act of encircling or the state of being encircled.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- exclamations — Plural form of exclamation.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exclusionism — The quality of being exclusionist.
- exclusionist — Acting to shut out or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege.
- exclusive of — not including or allowing for; ignoring
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- exonucleases — Plural form of exonuclease.
- extended tcl — (language) (TclX) Tcl extended by Mark Diekhans <[email protected]> and Karl Lehenbauer from 1989 on with statements to provide high-level access Unix system primitives. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
- fenian cycle — the cycle of legends describing and glorifying the bravery, battles, and wandering life of the Irish Fenians, especially under the leadership of Finn.
- file a claim — If you file a claim, you make a request to an insurance company for payment of a sum of money according to the terms of an insurance policy.
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- fiscal cliff — a governmental or personal financial crisis that is brought on by economic factors or policies: High housing costs have pushed many families over the fiscal cliff. Some municipalities are on the edge of a fiscal cliff after years of overspending.
- fm cyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
- foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
- four-o'clock — a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.