14-letter words containing c, a, l, i, y
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- isomorphically — In an isomorphic manner.
- issue a policy — If an insurer issues a policy, they create an insurance policy and provide it to a customer.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- justiciability — (legal): The ability of a subject matter to be evaluated and resolved by a court.
- karyotypically — (cytology) With regard to the karyotype.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngological — Of or pertaining to laryngology.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- latchkey child — a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work.
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lattice energy — chemistry: strength of bonds holding ionic solid together
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- legalistically — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- leiomyosarcoma — (pathology) A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
- letting agency — a business which leases properties on behalf of their owners
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- leucocytopenia — leucopenia
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- library ticket — a ticket admitting a person access to a library, esp a reference library
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
- lithologically — From a lithological point of view.
- livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- localizability — The condition of being localizable.
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- lunatic asylum — psychiatric hospital
- macrosociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
- mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
- manometrically — Using a manometer.
- mathematically — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- medicamentally — in a manner that relates to medicaments
- medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
- metastatically — In a metastatic manner.
- metathetically — By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.
- metronomically — a mechanical or electrical instrument that makes repeated clicking sounds at an adjustable pace, used for marking rhythm, especially in practicing music.
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
- military march — a brisk march, especially one suitable for a military parade.
- minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
- misclassifying — Present participle of misclassify.
- modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
- monocarboxylic — containing one carboxyl group.
- monocratically — In a monocratic manner.