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14-letter words containing a, c, e, p, h, l

  • chlorophyllase — an enzyme found in plants that decomposes chlorophyll by removing the phytol chain.
  • chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
  • chlorpropamide — a sulfonylurea drug that reduces blood glucose and is administered orally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Formula: C10H13ClN2O3S
  • chocolate drop — a small disc of chocolate
  • chronicle play — a drama based on a historical subject
  • claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
  • complete graph — A graph which has a link between every pair of nodes. A complete bipartite graph can be partitioned into two subsets of nodes such that each node is joined to every node in the other subset.
  • comprehendable — Misspelling of comprehensible.
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • delayed speech — a speech disorder of children in which the levels of intelligibility, vocabulary, complexity of utterance, etc., are significantly below the levels considered standard for a particular age.
  • delphic oracle — the oracle of Apollo at Delphi that gave answers held by the ancient Greeks to be of great authority but also noted for their ambiguity
  • deparochialize — to make parochial.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • edaphic climax — a localized climax community that may differ from the surrounding climax vegetation by reason of slightly differing soil type, exposure to sun and wind, drainage, etc.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
  • elevator pitch — an informal an extremely short and pithy version of a sales pitch or business plan
  • empathetically — In an empathetic way.
  • emphaticalness — The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.
  • encephalitides — Plural form of encephalitis.
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • encephalopathy — A disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood).
  • epenthetically — In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • hierographical — hierographic
  • humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
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