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14-letter words containing c, a, t, l, p

  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • 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).
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • epenthetically — In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.
  • epexegetically — In an epexegetic manner.
  • epicontinental — Denoting those areas of sea or ocean overlying the continental shelf.
  • epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
  • epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • equity capital — Finance
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • erotic capital — the influence and earning power a person has as a result of his or her sexual attractiveness
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • 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.
  • exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
  • exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
  • expected value — the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant
  • extracorporeal — Situated or occurring outside the body.
  • eye specialist — ophthalmologist
  • family compact — any influential clique
  • flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
  • flight capital — funds transferred abroad in order to avoid high taxes or to provide for a person's needs if flight from the country becomes necessary
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • football pitch — ground where soccer is played
  • 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 plane — the plane of the galactic equator.
  • galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
  • galactopoietic — increasing the secretion of milk.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
  • geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
  • 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
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
  • hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
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