16-letter words containing c, a, r, y, l, s
- 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.
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- hydraulic radius — the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the perimeter of a pipe, outlet, or the like, through which a fluid is flowing.
- 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.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- intercrystalline — situated or passing between the crystals of a substance.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- krebs urea cycle — urea cycle.
- lachryma christi — a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
- laparoscopically — By means of laparoscopy.
- laserdisc player — a device that plays laserdiscs
- least flycatcher — a small flycatcher, Empidonax minimus, of eastern North America.
- lexical analyser — (language) (Or "scanner") The initial input stage of a language processor (e.g. a compiler), the part that performs lexical analysis.
- library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
- lick observatory — the astronomical observatory of the University of California, situated on Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California, and having a 120-inch (3-meter) reflecting telescope and a 36-inch (91-cm) refracting telescope.
- literalistically — adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism.
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- meristematically — In a meristematic way.
- microcrystalline — minutely crystalline; composed of microscopic crystals.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- militaristically — a person imbued with militarism.
- military science — the study of the causative factors and tactical principles of warfare.
- military service — compulsory period spent in the army
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- narcissistically — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
- naturalistically — imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings.
- neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
- nuclear industry — the industry involving nuclear weapons, nuclear power stations, etc
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- papillary muscle — one of the small bundles of muscles attached to the ventricle walls and to the chordae tendineae that tighten these tendons during ventricular contraction.
- particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
- personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
- personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
- physical address — (memory management) The address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into physical addresses.
- physical therapy — the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
- play one's cards — to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
- quasi-compulsory — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.