14-letter words containing c, i, e, l
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
- exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
- exceptionalism — The state of being special, exceptional or unique.
- exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
- exclaustration — The release of a monk (or nun) from his religious vows and his subsequent return to the outside world.
- exclude a risk — If an insurance company excludes a risk, they declare that a particular risk is not covered by an insurance policy.
- exclusion zone — law: forbidden entry
- exclusionarily — In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- exercise class — an organized meeting in a gymnasium led by an instructor and involving various exercises designed to keep participants fit
- exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
- exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- experienceless — without experience; inexperienced
- export licence — a document issued by a government granting permission to a company to export certain goods or services
- extracanonical — not included in the canon of Scripture
- extractability — (uncountable) The condition of being extractable.
- extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
- extrinsicality — The quality of being extrinsic.
- eye specialist — ophthalmologist
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- fallaciousness — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- false scorpion — any small predatory arachnid of the order Pseudoscorpionida, which includes the book scorpion and is named from the claw-shaped palps, which are poison organs
- family butcher — a butcher's shop that belongs to a family, and in which family members work
- family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
- feel the pinch — If a person or company is feeling the pinch, they do not have as much money as they used to, and so they cannot buy the things they would like to buy.
- felicitousness — The state or condition of being felicitous.
- fellow citizen — law: national of same country
- fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
- fermentescible — capable of causing fermentation
- ferroelectrics — Plural form of ferroelectric.
- fertility cult — a religious cult devoted to the enhancement of the fertility of persons, plants, or animals, by means of rituals often associated with a particular deity.
- fibrocartilage — a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
- fichtelgebirge — a mountain range in E central Germany, near the Czech border. Highest peak, Schneeberg, 3447 feet (1051 meters).
- field exercise — a military exercise in which mock warfare is staged between two forces.
- field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
- field of force — the region of space surrounding a body, such as a charged particle or a magnet, within which it can exert a force on another similar body not in contact with it
- fifth republic — the republic established in France in 1958, the successor to the Fourth Republic.
- filing cabinet — office: tall set of drawers
- filiopietistic — of or relating to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
- film projector — an optical instrument in which a strip of film is wound past a lens at a fixed speed so that the frames can be viewed as a continuously moving sequence on a screen or wall
- financial year — law: annual accounting period
- finite decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
- first republic — the republic established in France in 1792 and replaced by the First Empire in 1804.
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.