12-letter words starting with cycl
- cyclandelate — a medicine for relaxing smooth muscle and encouraging blood cell dilation
- 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.
- cyclic shift — a transfer of digits from one end of a machine word to the other, retaining the same order in both places.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cyclostomate — having a round mouth
- cyclostomous — of or relating to a cyclostome
- cyclostyling — Present participle of cyclostyle.
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