14-letter words containing a, l, y, m
- by acclamation — by an overwhelming majority without a ballot
- by implication — If you say that something is the case by implication, you mean that a statement, event, or situation implies that it is the case.
- cadmium yellow — a very vivid yellow containing cadmium sulphide
- caltrop family — the plant family Zygophyllaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having pinnate leaves, solitary or paired regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the creosote bush, lignum vitae, and puncture vine.
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- campylotropous — (of an ovule) curved so that the micropyle and funiculus almost touch
- cayman islands — three coral islands in the Caribbean Sea northwest of Jamaica: a dependency of Jamaica until 1962, now a UK Overseas Territory. Capital: George Town. Pop: 53 737 (2013 est). Area: about 260 sq km (100 sq miles)
- champs elysees — a boulevard in Paris, France, noted for its cafés, shops, and theaters.
- champs-elysées — a major boulevard in Paris, leading from the Arc de Triomphe: site of the Elysée Palace and government offices
- chlamydospores — Plural form of chlamydospore.
- cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- come naturally — If something comes naturally to you, you find it easy to do and quickly become good at it.
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commensurately — corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree: Your paycheck should be commensurate with the amount of time worked.
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- compactibility — capable of being compacted: compactible rubbish.
- compensability — eligibility for compensation
- compostability — The quality of being compostable.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- conformability — Conformableness.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
- cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
- cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
- countably many — countable
- coxcombicality — the quality of being coxcombical
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- crystal system — any of six, or sometimes seven, classifications of crystals depending on their symmetry. The classes are cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Sometimes an additional system, trigonal, is distinguished, although this is usually included in the hexagonal system
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cyanocobalamin — a complex red crystalline compound, containing cyanide and cobalt and occurring in liver: lack of it in the tissues leads to pernicious anaemia. Formula: C63H88O14N14PCo
- cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
- deadly embrace — deadlock
- decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
- democratically — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- departmentally — In a departmental manner; affecting departments.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
- dichotomically — division into two parts, kinds, etc.; subdivision into halves or pairs.
- dimensionality — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- diplomatically — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.