12-letter words containing cle
- conventicles — Plural form of conventicle.
- county clerk — a senior local government official
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- cycle helmet — a protective helmet worn by cyclists to prevent head injuries
- cycle server — (jargon) A powerful computer that exists primarily for running large batch jobs. The term implies that interactive tasks such as editing are done on other machines on the network, such as workstations.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- declensional — of declension
- denuclearize — to deprive (a country, state, etc) of nuclear weapons
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- encirclement — The act of encircling or the state of being encircled.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- exonucleases — Plural form of exonuclease.
- extranuclear — situated or occurring in part of a cell outside the nucleus
- 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.
- filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- 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.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- in the clear — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- inclemencies — (of the weather, the elements, etc.) severe, rough, or harsh; stormy.
- inner circle — a small, intimate, and often influential group of people.
- internuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- internucleon — internuclear
- intranuclear — existing or taking place within a nucleus.
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- macronuclear — Of or pertaining to a macronucleus.
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- mcleod gauge — a device for determining very low gas pressures by manometrically measuring the pressure of a sample after its compression to a known fraction of its original volume.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
- miracle cure — a successful treatment for a disease that was thought impossible to cure
- miracle drug — wonder drug.
- miracle mile — an extended area of fashionable or expensive shops, restaurants, etc., usually along an urban or suburban thoroughfare.
- miracle play — a medieval dramatic form dealing with religious subjects such as Biblical stories or saints' lives, usually presented in a series or cycle by the craft guilds.
- motorbicycle — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- multinuclear — pertaining to or involving atomic weapons: nuclear war.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- muscle sense — a sense of movement derived from afferent nerves originating in tendons, muscle tissue, skin, and joints; proprioception.
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- muscle-bound — having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.