12-letter words containing loc
- holocephalan — (zoology) Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; the chimeras.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- impost block — dosseret.
- in loc. cit. — in loco citato
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interlocular — having one or more locules.
- interlocuter — A person who participates in a conversation.
- interlocutor — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
- kilocalories — Plural form of kilocalorie.
- lancet clock — a mantel clock having a case formed like an acutely pointed arch.
- leader block — Nautical. lead block.
- local colour — Local colour is used to refer to customs, traditions, dress, and other things which give a place or period of history its own particular character.
- local option — a right of choice exercised by a minor political division, as a county, especially as to allowing the sale of liquor.
- localisation — Alternative spelling of localization.
- localization — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
- locationally — a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- locksmithing — The science and art of making and defeating locks.
- loco disease — locoism.
- locomobility — the ability to move from one place to another
- locomotivity — the capability of moving from one place to another
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.
- locus in quo — the place in which; the very place; the scene of the event.
- locus standi — the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court
- malocclusion — faulty occlusion; irregular contact of opposing teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- mental block — inability to recall
- misallocated — to allocate mistakenly or improperly: to misallocate resources.
- misallocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misallocate.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- mortice lock — A mortice lock is a type of lock which fits into a hole cut into the edge of a door rather than being fixed to one side of it.
- mortise lock — a lock housed within a mortise in a door or the like, so that the lock mechanism is covered on both sides.
- multilocular — having or consisting of many cells or vesicles.
- music locker — Digital Technology. an online service that supports cloud-based storage of digital music files so as to allow users to stream or download their personal music collections for playback on any compatible device: I uploaded all my CDs to a music locker, and now I can access the music from my laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- office block — a large office building.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- pigeon clock — a device for timing the arrivals of pigeons being raced, consisting of a magazine for holding the identification bands of the contestants in the order in which they are inserted and a recording clock to register the times of insertion.
- pillow block — a cast-iron or steel block for supporting a journal or bearing.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- plurilocular — possessing many cells
- quartz clock — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
- radiolocator — radar.
- reallocation — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- reticulocyte — a very young red blood cell, sampled as a measure of red blood cell formation; reticulated erythrocyte.