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12-letter words containing cle

  • nanoparticle — a microscopic particle of matter that is measured on the nanoscale, usually one that measures less than 100 nanometers.
  • non-clerical — of, pertaining to, appropriate for, or assigned to an office clerk or clerks: a clerical job.
  • nonclemature — Misspelling of nomenclature.
  • nonnucleated — having no nucleus
  • nuclear bomb — atomic explosive
  • nuclear fuel — Physics. fissile or fertile material that undergoes fission in a nuclear reactor.
  • nuclear test — a test carried out on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • nuclear-free — A nuclear-free place is a place where nuclear energy or nuclear weapons are forbidden.
  • nucleic acid — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
  • nucleocapsid — the nucleic acid core and surrounding capsid of a virus; the basic viral structure.
  • nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
  • nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
  • nucleosidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleosides.
  • nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
  • oracle bones — animal bones used for divination
  • otosclerosis — formation of new bone about the stapes or cochlea, resulting in hearing loss.
  • oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
  • oxygen cycle — the process by which oxygen released into the atmosphere by photosynthetic organisms is taken up by aerobic organisms while the carbon dioxide released as a by-product of repiration is taken up for photosynthesis.
  • parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • pipe cleaner — a short length of twisted flexible wires covered with tufted fabric, used to clean the stem of a smoker's pipe and for various handicrafts.
  • pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
  • polar circle — either the Arctic or the Antarctic Circle.
  • polynucleate — having many nuclei.
  • post-nuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
  • preclearance — the act of clearing.
  • psi particle — any of a family of mesons consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark.
  • ribonuclease — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of RNA.
  • roman a clef — a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
  • san clemente — a town in S California.
  • sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • sclerodermic — of or relating to a scleroderm or to sclerodermia; hard-skinned
  • sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
  • senior clerk — a clerk who is in a senior position and performs office tasks under minimal supervision
  • small circle — a circle on a sphere, the plane of which does not pass through the center of the sphere. Compare great circle (def 1).
  • sonnet cycle — a group of sonnets composed by one poet and having a unifying theme or subject.
  • soprano clef — a sign locating middle C on the bottom line of the staff.
  • sothic cycle — (in the ancient Egyptian calendar) a period of 1460 Sothic years.
  • spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
  • stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
  • stone circle — a circle of standing stones erected in prehistoric times
  • tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • treacle tart — a tart made of pastry filled with syrup and lemon butter
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • uncle tomism — a policy of relationship between whites and blacks involving a benevolent but patronizing attitude on the part of the whites and a willingly submissive attitude on the part of the blacks.
  • unspectacled — lacking spectacles
  • upper circle — the seats in a theatre that are situated above the dress circle
  • vibratiuncle — a slight vibration
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