14-letter words containing c, a, n, l
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- free and clear — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- functionalised — to make functional.
- functionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of functionalize.
- fundoplication — (surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
- galactic noise — unidentified radio-frequency radiation originating from beyond the solar system.
- galactic plane — the plane of the galactic equator.
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
- gaming licence — a licence that allows an establishment, business, club, etc, to offer games that can be played for money
- ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
- gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
- gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
- genealogically — Using genealogical methods.
- general public — people in general
- genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
- genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- glancing angle — the angle between a ray incident on a plane surface and the surface, as of a beam of electrons incident on a crystal; the complement of the angle of incidence.
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- gooseneck lamp — a desk lamp having a flexible shaft or stem.
- gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- graph coloring — graph colouring
- gynaecological — Alternative spelling of gynecological.
- hairline crack — a very fine crack
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- hash collision — (programming) (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hash table.
- have a lock on — to be sure of winning, gaining, or controlling