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