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14-letter words containing c, a, p, e, y

  • compensability — eligibility for compensation
  • 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.
  • copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
  • copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
  • cryoprotectant — an agent which prevents cell damage caused by cryopreservation
  • cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
  • cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
  • crystal palace — a building of glass and iron designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Erected in Hyde Park, London, it was moved to Sydenham (1852–53): destroyed by fire in 1936
  • cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
  • cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
  • cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
  • cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
  • cytoprotectant — A cytoprotectant is a medication for ulcers that increases the level of mucus in the stomach in order to protect the stomach lining from acid.
  • 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.
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • direct primary — a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.
  • dolichocephaly — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • electrotherapy — The use of electric currents passed through the body to stimulate nerves and muscles, chiefly in the treatment of various forms of paralysis.
  • empathetically — In an empathetic way.
  • empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
  • 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).
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • encyclopaediae — Irregular plural form of encyclopaedia.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • encyclopedical — (American spelling) alternative spelling of encyclopaedical.
  • endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • epenthetically — In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.
  • epexegetically — In an epexegetic manner.
  • epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
  • equiponderancy — Archaic form of equiponderance.
  • equity capital — Finance
  • eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
  • euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
  • exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
  • eye specialist — ophthalmologist
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
  • grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
  • 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
  • hepatotoxicity — Toxicity that damages the liver.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
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