16-letter words containing a, l, p, c, s
- football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
- francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
- french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- gapless playback — audio or visual playback without any interruptions or silence between tracks or scenes
- hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
- hold one's peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- impracticalities — Plural form of impracticality.
- in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
- inexplicableness — The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- internal capsule — a broad band of white fibres near the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- isoplastic graft — syngraft.
- japanese lacquer — lacquer (def 2).
- keep one's place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
- knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
- know one's place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- laparoscopically — By means of laparoscopy.
- lapsang souchong — a large-leafed variety of China tea with a slightly smoky flavour
- laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs
- league champions — the team that has come top of the league
- learning process — a process of learning
- lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
- library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
- lipstick lesbian — a lesbian who is feminine in manner or appearance; a femme.
- lost-wax process — a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax.
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- lymphatic system — an extensive network of capillary vessels that transports the interstitial fluid of the body as lymph to the venous blood circulation
- lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
- mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
- mad-dog skullcap — a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- malpractice suit — a lawsuit brought against a professional accused of illegal or unethical practices or neglect of duty
- menstrual cramps — pain in the lower abdomen as well as possibly in the lower back and legs associated with menstruation
- microencapsulate — (transitive) To embed by means of microencapsulation.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.